Description
John Clare was the forgotten Romantic poet, until the late 20th century. Known by his contemporaries as the Peasant Poet, he recorded in his poems the natural landscape of rural England before the Industrial Revolution. His poems rival Wordsworths for their sensitivity to nature and pantheism: I feel a beautiful providence ever about me, Clare wrote. But his life was a long struggle against poverty and mental collapse. Some of his finest poems were written in the local asylum.
Book Details
Format
Audiobook
Length
1 min
Language
English
Published
Aug 6, 2013
Publisher
naxos audio books
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
1843796023
ISBN-13
9781843796022