John Clare: Nature, Criticism and History
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 023027787X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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It explores much of the criticism that has appeared in response to his life and work, and asks hard questions about the modes and motivations of critics and editors. This book investigates what it is that makes John Clare’s poetic vision so unique, and asks how we use Clare for contemporary ends. Finally, this book asks how we might treat Clare as our contemporary while still being attentive to the peculiarities of his unique historical circumstances. . This book attempts to unlock Clare’s own theorisations and practices of what we might now call an ‘ecological consciousness’, and works out how his ‘ecocentric’ mode might relate to that of other Romantic poets. Clare is increasingly regarded as having been an environmentalist long before the word appeared; this book investigates whether this ‘green’ rush t
Simon Kövesi is Professor of English Literature, and Head of the Department of English and Modern Languages, at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
About the Author Simon Kövesi is Professor of English Literature, and Head of the Department of English and Modern Languages, at Oxford Brookes University, UK.