Jonathan Bate
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John Clare: A Biography
Jonathan Bate
John Clare (1793-1864) is the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self, but until now he has never been the subject of a comprehensive literary biography.
Here at last is his full story told by the light of his voluminous work: his birth in poverty, his work as an agricultural labourer, his burgeoning promise as a writer—cultivated under the gaze of rival patrons—then his moment of fame in the company of John Keats and the toast…
