John Clare and the Bounds of CircumstanceMcGill-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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... Village Minstrel " 86 5 Language and Learning 112 6 Literary Principles 132 7 The Society of Nature : The Bird Poems Conclusion 189 A Note on Texts 195 Notes 197 Bibliography 207 Index 215 164 This page intentionally left blank Preface ...
... Village Minstrel " 86 5 Language and Learning 112 6 Literary Principles 132 7 The Society of Nature : The Bird Poems Conclusion 189 A Note on Texts 195 Notes 197 Bibliography 207 Index 215 164 This page intentionally left blank Preface ...
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... village and wrote about it . I have tried to show that he wrote about it , not glancingly , here and there , but directly , specifically , almost systematically , in a group of poems that I have labelled the enclosure elegies . Everyone ...
... village and wrote about it . I have tried to show that he wrote about it , not glancingly , here and there , but directly , specifically , almost systematically , in a group of poems that I have labelled the enclosure elegies . Everyone ...
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... Village Minstrel was published , but the volume did not sell very well , and The Shepherd's Calendar ( 1827 ) hardly sold at all . His last book , The Rural Muse ( 1835 ) , was scarcely noticed . His reputation as a peasant - poet had ...
... Village Minstrel was published , but the volume did not sell very well , and The Shepherd's Calendar ( 1827 ) hardly sold at all . His last book , The Rural Muse ( 1835 ) , was scarcely noticed . His reputation as a peasant - poet had ...
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... village , his eco- nomically necessary and psychically dislocating move to North- borough , his desperate and naive schemes to achieve financial security , his tortuous dealings with his patrons and publishers , his lifelong struggle ...
... village , his eco- nomically necessary and psychically dislocating move to North- borough , his desperate and naive schemes to achieve financial security , his tortuous dealings with his patrons and publishers , his lifelong struggle ...
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... Village Minstrel . " " The Village Minstrel " has more than a few formal flaws : it is structurally haphazard , tonally inconsistent , and the metrical movement of its Spenserian stanzas is marred by syntactical muddles . But in spite ...
... Village Minstrel . " " The Village Minstrel " has more than a few formal flaws : it is structurally haphazard , tonally inconsistent , and the metrical movement of its Spenserian stanzas is marred by syntactical muddles . But in spite ...
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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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