Though he has steadily furnished anthology pieces, and has been cited repeatedly by John Ashbery as an influence, only recently have scholars and critics, often inspired by Clare's stands on behalf of ...
John Clare (1793-1864) had a miserable life. He was a field laborer who left school at the age of 12. Poverty caused or exacerbated his health problems, and he lost his mind. Yet Clare is an ...
Clare’s legacy has long existed under the shadow of easy clichés: he was a poet of peasant origins (a relative rarity), and he spent the last 30 years of his life institutionalized for mental illness, ...
Like Sir Walter Scott, John Clare (1793–1864) was a straddler of eras. Unlike Scott, however — who was anchored in Romanticism while pointing to the Victorian Pre-Raphaelites — Clare was a poetic ...
Examples include restoring nature in the landscape at a former gravel pit, says its chairman.
Enter the asylum room of forgotten 19th century "peasant" poet and visionary John Clare - where madness, laughter and genius combine. In this powerful immersive theatrical experience, the walls of ...
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