Selected Letters (Hardcover)

More than a century after his death, John Clare is being recognized as a poet of importance and stature. Yet in his own day he was at best a marginal figure, briefly celebrated as a 'Peasant Poet' before declining into neglect and long years of decay in a Northampton asylum. His letters, drawn from the whole of his adult life until a few years before his death, provide a fascinating and frequently moving insight into his work and thoughts, charting his progress from youthful enthusiasm to poignant decline. Drawn from Mark Storey's complete Oxford edition of the Letters (1986), this edition preserves all Clare's idiosyncrasies of spelling and punctuation. The letters are fully annotated, and the book includes brief biographies of the major correspondents, and a chronology of Clare's life.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1988
Authors:	John Clare
Editors:	Mark Storey (Reader in English Literature)
Dimensions:	223 x 144 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	284
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-818585-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-19-818585-5
Barcode:	9780198185857

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