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John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption. [1] His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th century; he is now often seen as a major 19th-century poet. [2]
Jan 10, 2019 · John Clare (1793-1864) has been called the greatest nature poet in the English language (by, for instance, his biographer Jonathan Bate), and yet his life – particularly his madness and time inside an asylum later in his life – tends to overshadow his poetry. So here we’ve picked ten of John Clare’s best poems which offer an ...
John Clare is “the quintessential Romantic poet,” according to William Howard writing in the Dictionary of Literary Biography. With an admiration of nature and an understanding of the oral tradition, but with little formal education, Clare penned numerous poems and prose pieces, many of which were…
John Clare (born July 13, 1793, Helpston, near Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England—died May 20, 1864, Northampton, Northamptonshire) was an English peasant poet of the Romantic school. Clare was the son of a labourer and began work on local farms at the age of seven.
John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption.
1793 –. 1864. Read poems by this poet. John Clare was born on July 13, 1793, in Northamptonshire, England. Regarded for his poems about nature, his books include Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery (Taylor and Hessey, 1820) and The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems (Taylor and Hessey, 1821).
Nov 5, 2018 · John Clare was a 19th-century English poet who is best known for his writings on rural peasant life and nature. Poems Cite. John Clare emerged as a seminal poet celebrated for his connection to the English countryside and his poignant reflections on its transformation during the 19th century.
