{"product_id":"palgrave-advances-in-john-clare-studies-paperback","title":"Palgrave Advances in John Clare Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Kӧvesi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eErin Lafford\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection gathers together an exciting new series of critical essays on the Romantic- and Victorian-period poet John Clare, which each take a rigorous approach to both persistent and emergent themes in his life and work. Designed to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Clare's first volume of poetry, \u003ci\u003ePoems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery\u003c\/i\u003e, the scholarship collected here both affirms Clare's importance as a major nineteenth-century poet and reveals how his verse continually provokes fresh areas of enquiry. Offering new archival, theoretical, and sometimes corrective insights into Clare's world and work, the essays in this volume cover a multitude of topics, including Clare's immersion in song and print culture, his formal ingenuity, his environmental and ecological imagination, his mental and physical health, and his experience of asylums. This book gives students a range of imaginative avenues into Clare's work, and offers both new readers and experienced Clare scholars a vital set of contributions to ongoing critical debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This fine collection is an important contribution to Romanticism studies whichwill continue to be valued and read. Its essays are often fresh, original, andskillfully inserted into diverse contemporary critical conversations. The bookreflects and advances recent developments in Clare scholarship in several areas: Clare's strong community ties, the significant roles of sound and song in hisverse, and, especially, his importance for modern ecocriticism.'-- Elizabeth Helsinger, University of Chicago, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection gathers together an exciting new series of critical essays on theRomantic- and Victorian-period poet John Clare, which each take a rigorousapproach to both persistent and emergent themes in his life and work. Designedto mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Clare's first volume of poetry, \u003ci\u003ePoems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery\u003c\/i\u003e, the scholarship collected here bothaffirms Clare's importance as a major nineteenth-century poet and reveals howhis verse continually provokes fresh areas of enquiry. Offering new archival, theoretical, and sometimes corrective insights into Clare's world and work, theessays in this volume cover a multitude of topics, including Clare's immersion insong and print culture, his formal ingenuity, his environmental and ecologicalimagination, his mental and physical health, and his experience of asylums. Thisbook gives students a range of imaginative avenues into Clare's work, and offersboth new readers and experienced Clare scholars a vital set of contributions toongoing critical debates.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Kövesi is Professor of English Literature at Oxford Brookes University, UK, editor of the \u003ci\u003eJohn Clare Society Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Clare: Nature, Criticism \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand History\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin Lafford is a postdoctoral research fellow in English at the University of Derby, UK. She is currently completing her first book, \u003ci\u003eJohn Clare and the Poetry of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 317\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52696105156915,"sku":"9783030433734","price":68.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZVNkc0ZPQitXaXlybElnZkNXRmVZUT09.webp?v=1763099932","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/palgrave-advances-in-john-clare-studies-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}