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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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography: p. [207]-213
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 821/.7
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0773506063 9780773561397
- LCCN
- PR4453.C6
- LCCN Item number
- Z738 1987eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOTU
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- 1 electronic text (xiii, 217 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200842 (CaBNVSL)slc00200842 (CaBNVSL) (CaBNVSL)gtp00523324 (OCoLC)243584911 (CaOOCEL)400758
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Table of Contents
- Contents 10
- Preface 12
- Abbreviations 16
- Introduction 20
- 1 The Nature of Society: The Thousands and the Few 29
- 2 "Vile Invasions": The Enclosure Elegies 53
- 3 The Struggle for Acceptance 73
- 4 "The Village Minstrel" 103
- 5 Language and Learning 129
- 6 Literary Principles 149
- 7 The Society of Nature: The Bird Poems 181
- Conclusion 206
- A Note on Texts 212
- Notes 214
- Bibliography 224
- Index 232
- A 232
- B 232
- C 232
- D 233
- E 233
- F 233
- G 233
- H 233
- J 233
- K 233
- L 233
- M 234
- N 234
- P 234
- Q 234
- R 234
- S 234
- T 234
- W 234
- Y 234