The early poems of John Clare, 1804-1822

Author(s)

• Clare, John
• Robinson, Eric
• Powell, David
• Grainger, Margaret

Bibliographic Information

The early poems of John Clare, 1804-1822

general editor, Eric Robinson ; edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell ; associate editor, Margaret Grainger

（Oxford English texts）

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1989

• v. 1
• v. 2

Note

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780198123149

Description

For the first time all Clare's early poems are brought together with all known variants, and with Clare's characteristic vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and punctuation preserved. Through this collection, ranging from juvenilia to the published poems that first established his reputation with Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery and The Village Minstrel, it becomes clear how many more poems Clare composed in these early years than have previously seen the light of day. Strenuous efforts have been made to recover poems obliterated in some of Clare's first manuscripts, and the complete text of The Parish, his major satirical poem, is included. A glossary is provided for both volumes, together with extensive annotation. Clare's own dating of his first poems is employed and every attempt has been made to establish a reliable chronology. This edition provides the first reliable basis for a new assessment of Clare's poetic growth, allowing his increasing assurance as a poet writing in a characteristic idiom of his own to be traced, and demonstrating how surprisingly early his individuality as a poet emerged.

Table of Contents

Editorial conventions and abbreviations. "Poems descriptive of rural life and scenery" and other poems. Overpunctuated poems in MS1. Explanatory notes. Index of titles. Index of first lines.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780198123156

Description

For the first time all Clare's early poems are brought together with all known variants, and with Clare's characteristic vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and punctuation preserved. Through this collection, ranging from juvenilia to the published poems that first established his reputation with Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery and The Village Minstrel, it becomes clear how many more poems Clare composed in these early years than have previously seen the light of day. Strenuous efforts have been made to recover poems obliterated in some of Clare's first manuscripts, and the complete text of The Parish, his major satirical poem, is included. A glossary is provided for both volumes, together with extensive annotation. Clare's own dating of his first poems is employed and every attempt has been made to establish a reliable chronology. This edition provides the first reliable basis for a new assessment of Clare's poetic growth, allowing his increasing assurance as a poet writing in a characteristic idiom of his own to be traced, and demonstrating how surprisingly early his individuality as a poet emerged.

Table of Contents

Editorial conventions and abbreviations. "The village minstrel" and other poems. "The parish". Overpunctuated poems in MS1. Explanatory notes. Glossary. Index of titles. Index of first lines.

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Details

• NCID: BA06814722
• ISBN:
  • 0198123140
  • 0198123159
• LCCN: 87031416
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford,New York
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR4453.C6
  • DC19 : 821/.7
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00464989