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John Clare
Nature, Criticism and History
ISBN/EAN: 9780230277878
Umbreit-Nr.: 847943
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XII, 266 S., 3 s/w Illustr., 266 p. 3 illus.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 14.08.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
- Zusatztext
- This book investigates what it is that makes John Clare's poetic vision so unique, and asks how we use Clare for contemporary ends. It explores much of the criticism that has appeared in response to his life and work, and asks hard questions about the modes and motivations of critics and editors. Clare is increasingly regarded as having been an environmentalist long before the word appeared; this book investigates whether this 'green' rush to place him as a radical proto-ecologist does any disservice to his complex positions in relation to social class, work, agriculture, poverty and women. This book attempts to unlock Clare's own theorisations and practices of what we might now call an 'ecological consciousness', and works out how his 'ecocentric' mode might relate to that of other Romantic poets. Finally, this book asks how we might treat Clare as our contemporary while still being attentive to the peculiarities of his unique historical circumstances.
- Kurztext
- Bases its argument on the most comprehensive assessment of the critical landscape in John Clare studies to date.Critiques the core issues in the established reception of John Clare - such as class, place, nature, sexuality, textuality - and through close analysis of symptomatic examples, theorises original responses and opens up new areas for debate.Assesses the ways in which Clare has been placed by literary critics, and how he is used by contemporary green thinkers and creative writers.
- Autorenportrait
- Simon Kövesi is Professor of English Literature, and Head of the Department of English and Modern Languages, at Oxford Brookes University, UK.