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 ...
CANON FODDER: The English Romantic poet John Clare (1793-1864) spent the last 27 years of his life in asylums. His work features multiple poetic personas, ranging from the voice of an open field ...
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, ...
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