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John Clare and the Imagination of the Reader
P Chirico
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Description for John Clare and the Imagination of the Reader
Paperback. This book is a broad and original reading of the poetry of John Clare (1793-1864), focusing on his literary borrowings, his cultural commentary and his obsession with posterity. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This broad and original study of the full range of John Clare's work is the first to take seriously his repeated appeals to the judgement of future readers. A series of close readings reveals Clare's sophisticated poetics: his covert quotations, his careful analysis of the history, and his fascination with literary success and posthumous fame.
This broad and original study of the full range of John Clare's work is the first to take seriously his repeated appeals to the judgement of future readers. A series of close readings reveals Clare's sophisticated poetics: his covert quotations, his careful analysis of the history, and his fascination with literary success and posthumous fame.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349355273
SKU
V9781349355273
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Ref
99-15
About P Chirico
PAUL CHIRICO is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature at the University of York, UK, and has published many articles on John Clare. A former chair of the John Clare Society, he is leading a major project to establish Clare's birthplace as a cultural, educational and environmental centre.
Reviews for John Clare and the Imagination of the Reader
'This book will be a touchstone of Clare criticism for the next generation of scholarship, and its lucidity ensures that undergraduates interested in Romanticism as much as Clare scholars will benefit from its complex argument and thoughtful readings' - Professor Alan Vardy, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA 'There is no doubting Chirico's scholarship or ... Read more