John Clare: A Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0374179905
- ISBN-13
- 9780374179908
- Series
- John Clare
- Category
- Agricultural laborers
- Pages
- 648
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Jonathan Bate
Description
The first literary biography of the "poets' poet" chornicles his birth into poverty, his work as an agricultural laborer, his relationship with John Keats, and his career as a writer. 10,000 first printing.
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