Buch, Englisch, 566 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford World's Classics
Buch, Englisch, 566 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford World's Classics
ISBN: 978-0-19-280563-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This is the fullest selection of Clare's writings currently in print, and includes a new introduction by the poet and scholar Tom Paulin.
* Interest in Clare has never been higher, sparked by academic controversy surrounding copyright in his poems, and the recent biography by Jonathan Bate (Picador, £25, 2003) which has been widely and enthusiastically reviewed, and provoked calls for the greater availability of his poetry.
* The only edition to include both poems and prose covering all aspects of Clare's poetry from love poems to bird and nature poems
* Preserves Clare's original spelling and punctuation with minimal editorial interference
* Tom Paulin's new introduction is an enthusiastic appreciation of Clare's work and an account of his life and literary context
* Updated further reading list, glossary, and index. The original Oxford Authors edition, published in 1984, went out of print in 1998.
DESCRIPTION:
This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a generous selection of Clare's poetry and prose, including autobiographical writings and letters.
John Clare (1793-1864) is now recognized as one of the greatest English Romantic poets, after years of indifference and neglect. Clare was an impoverished agricultural labourer, whose genius was generally not appreciated by his contemporaries, and his later mental instability further contributed to his loss of critical esteem. But the extraordinary range of his poetical gifts has restored him to the company of his contemporaries Byron, Keats, and Shelley, and this fine selection illustrates all aspects of his talent. It contains poems from all stages of his career, including love poetry, and bird and nature poems. Written in his native Northamptonshire, Clare's work provides a fascinating reflection of rural society, often underscored by his own sense of isolation and despair.
Clare's writings are here presented with the minimum of editorial interference, and with a new Introduction by the poet and scholar Tom Paulin.
Zielgruppe
Readers and students of English literature, Romantic poetry, cultural studies, John Clare
