Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Clare the Poet
- Part II Clare the Naturalist
- Part III Clare’s Image
- Part IV Influences and Traditions
- 12 Clare and Religion
- 13 John Clare and the British Labouring-Class Tradition
- 14 The Politics of Nature
- 15 Clare’s Health
- 16 Clare among the Poets
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To Literature
14 - The Politics of Nature
from Part IV - Influences and Traditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Clare the Poet
- Part II Clare the Naturalist
- Part III Clare’s Image
- Part IV Influences and Traditions
- 12 Clare and Religion
- 13 John Clare and the British Labouring-Class Tradition
- 14 The Politics of Nature
- 15 Clare’s Health
- 16 Clare among the Poets
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To Literature
Summary
This chapter discusses Clare’s nature poetry, in the contexts of the politics of land use, then and now. It reads the verse against issues including the introduction of capitalist forms of agriculture and their effects, including the dispossession and pauperization of agricultural labourers and the degradation of ecosystems. It also considers the politics of language and memory in Clare’s poetry, in relation to changes in the agricultural economy.
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- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare , pp. 211 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024