John Clare and the Bounds of Circumstance

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 01/10/1987 - 240 páginas
The author suggests that the full significance of Clare's contribution to English literature is found not in his social criticism, but in his refusal to dissociate himself from his past or to become assimilated into the mainstream of English culture at the expense of his class-identity. She argues that a clear set of aesthetic principles informs his finest work and provides the first thematic and structural classification of his poetry. Focussing on the major vocational poems and selected passages from the prose, she shows how Clare formulated the creative ideas and rhetorical techniques that allowed him to give unified expression to both his social and literary concerns. Clare's deep involvement with nature and rural England was not only the basis for his poetry, but also enabled him to articulate beliefs which opposed the inhumane values of his time.

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Introduction
3
The Thousands and the Few
12
The Enclosure Elegies
36
3 The Struggle for Acceptance
56
4 The Village Minstrel
86
5 Language and Learning
112
6 Literary Principles
132
The Bird Poems
164
Conclusion
189
A Note on Texts
195
Notes
197
Bibliography
207
Index
215
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