John Clare and Poetic ‘Genius’
The first half of this essay is an analysis of John Taylor’s Introduction to John Clare’s Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. It argues that Taylor—Clare’s editor and publisher—made claims for Clare’s special poetic ‘genius’ by combining an emphasis on his unpropitious personal and social c...
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Ghent University
2014-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.authorship.ugent.be/article/view/1085 |