JOHN CLARE: A BIOGRAPHY
Published by Picador. Circa. 2003
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. John Clare (1793-1864) is the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. Here is his full story told by the light of his voluminous work: his birth in poverty, his work as an agricultural labourer, his burgeoning promise as a writer - cultivated under the gaze of rival patrons - then his moment of fame in the company of John Keats as the toast of literary London, and finally his decline into mental illness and his last years confined in asylums. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xix and 648 pages including index.
Third printing. Boards clean. Light browning to text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
ISBN: 0330371061
Stock no. 1830936
