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ISBN-13: 9780199549795 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 576 str.

John Clare

Opis

After years of indifference and neglect, John Clare (1793-1864) is now recognized as one of the greatest English Romantic poets. Clare was an impoverished agricultural laborer, whose genius was generally not appreciated by his contemporaries, and his later mental instability further contributed to his loss of critical esteem. But the extraordinary range of his poetical gifts has restored him to the company of contemporaries like Lord Byron, John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
This authoritative edition brings together a generous selection of Clare's poetry and prose, including autobiographical writings and letters and illustrates all aspects of his talent. It contains poems from all stages of his career, including love poetry and bird and nature poems. Written in his native Northamptonshire, Clare's work provides a fascinating reflection of rural society, often underscored by his own sense of isolation and despair. Clare's writings are presented with the minimum of editorial interference, and with a new introduction by the poet and scholar Tom Paulin.
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O autorze

John Clare (1793-1864) ist einer der bedeutendsten Dichter der englischen Romantik. In ärmlichen Verhältnissen aufgewachsen, verdiente Clare seinen Lebensunterhalt als Tagelöhner und Geiger. Erste Gedichtsammlungen wurden groß gefeiert. Clare litt jedoch zunehmend unter finanziellen und gesundheitlichen Problemen, bis er schließlich in eine private Nervenheilanstalt in High Beach, Essex eingewiesen wurde. Vier Jahre später versuchte er, der Anstalt zu entkommen.