John Clare (Literary Lives)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 14, 2001
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780333652718
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries; Poetry & poets: 19th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; United Kingdom, Great Britain; English
First sentence: As far as the reading public was concerned, Clare's literary life began very early in 1820 with the publication in London of Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, by John Clare, a Northamptonshire Peasant.