Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Clare’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the poetry and other works
* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the poems
* Rare Asylum and Last poems, appearing here for the first time in digital print
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* Includes Clare’s prose works, including the intriguing autobiography that he wrote for his children
* Features two bonus biographies – discover Clare’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Poetry Collections
POEMS DESCRIPTIVE OF RURAL LIFE AND SCENERY
THE VILLAGE MINSTREL, AND OTHER POEMS
THE SHEPHERD’S CALENDAR WITH VILLAGE STORIES AND OTHER POEMS
THE RURAL MUSE
MIDDLE PERIOD, 1824-1836
ASYLUM POEMS
LAST POEMS
The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Prose
LIST OF PROSE WORKS
The Biographies
THE LIFE OF JOHN CLARE by Frederick Martin
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN CLARE by Edmund Blunden