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John Clare, Politics and Poetry challenges the traditional portrait of ''poor John Clare'', the helpless victim of personal and professional circumstance. Clare''s career has been presented as a disaster of editorial heavy-handedness, condescension, a poor market, and conservative patronage. Yet Clare was not a passive victim. This study explores the sources of the ''poor Clare'' tradition, and recovers Clare''s agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day.

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Preface Introduction Clare's 'Minorness' Viewing and Reviewing 'Grammar in Learning is like Tyranny in Government' 'The Cottager's Friend' 'Medlars' The Marketplace The Natural Histories of Helpstone Clare, Cobbett and 'Captain Swing' Epilogue: Clare's Agency Notes Index

John Clare Politics and Poetry

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      Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
      Published 1 January 2003
      ISBN-13 9781349428335
      978-1349428335
      ISBN-10 1349428337
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: general Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John Clare, Politics and Poetry challenges the traditional portrait of ''poor John Clare'', the helpless victim of personal and professional circumstance. Clare''s career has been presented as a disaster of editorial heavy-handedness, condescension, a poor market, and conservative patronage. Yet Clare was not a passive victim. This study explores the sources of the ''poor Clare'' tradition, and recovers Clare''s agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Introduction Clare's 'Minorness' Viewing and Reviewing 'Grammar in Learning is like Tyranny in Government' 'The Cottager's Friend' 'Medlars' The Marketplace The Natural Histories of Helpstone Clare, Cobbett and 'Captain Swing' Epilogue: Clare's Agency Notes Index

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