John Clare and the Imagination of the Reader

John Clare and the Imagination of the Reader
ISBN-10
0230517633
ISBN-13
9780230517639
Category
Literary Criticism / General
Pages
222
Language
English
Published
2007-07-12
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Author
Paul Chirico

Description

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. Restoring the suppressed history of Clare's deep cultural engagement, it teases out, in clear terms, the often unexpected complexities of his varied writings. A series of close readings reveals Clare's sophisticated poetics: his covert quotations, his careful analysis of the history and culture of his own place, and his fascination with literary success and posthumous fame.

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