The early poems of John Clare, 1804-1822 / general editor, Eric Robinson ; edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell ; associate editor, Margaret Grainger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clare, John, 1793-1864.

Contributor:

Robinson, Eric, 1924-

Powell, David, 1925-

Grainger, Margaret, 1936-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

volumes ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989-

Summary:

It is a miracle that John Clare ever became a poet. Everything was against him: an illiterate mother and barely literate father, agricultural poverty in a small village on the fringes of Northamptonshire, a strictly hierarchical society made more rigid by the tyranny of parish officials, and schooling limited to a dame-school and a nearby parish classroom, an education sporadic and incomplete.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0198123140 :

OCLC:

17105390