Poems of the Middle Period Volume III

by Clare, John; Robinson, Eric; Powell, David; Dawson, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780198123415
• ISBN10: 0198123418
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

These volumes represent the third and fourth of five volumes devoted to Clare's "middle period," between 1822 and 1837, arguably the years of his finest creativity. They range from examples of Clare's satirical and political verse, in "The Summons" and "The Hue and Cry," to a telling expression of his philosophy of nature, in "The Eternity of Nature," and probably the most important statement of Clare's poetic objectives in "To the Rural Muse."

Table of Contents

VOLUME III
Introduction	ix	(32)
Editorial Conventions and Abbreviations	xli	(8)
Acknowledgements	xlix
The Midsummer Cushion
Prospectus, Dedications, and Prefaces	3	(6)
To the Rural Muse	9	(16)
Spring	25	(23)
Pleasures of Spring	48	(21)
Tales	69	(74)
Poems	143	(442)
Explanatory Notes	585	(34)
Index of Titles for Volume III	619	(2)
Index of First Lines for Volume III	621