John Goodridge

John Clare and Community

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of Clare's literary influences, both the rural folk culture in which he grew up and contemporary literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780521887021
• ISBN-10: 052188702X
• Artikelnr.: 36616914

Autorenporträt

John Goodridge is Professor of English at Nottingham Trent University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Clare and community
Part I. Brother Bards and Fellow Labourers: 1. Great expectations: Clare, Chatterton and becoming a poet
2. 'Three cheers for mute ingloriousness!': Clare and eighteenth-century poetry
3. Junkets and Clarissimus: the Clare-Keats dialogue
4. 'Neighbour John': Bloomfield, companionship and isolation
Part II. Representing Rural Life: 5. Enclosure and the poetry of protest
6. The bird's nest poems, protection and violation
7. Festive ritual and folk narrative
8. Storytellings: 'old womens memorys'
Conclusion: community and solitude
Works consulted
Index.