Literary Lives: A Literary Life

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This book situates John Clare's long, prolific but often badly neglected literary life within the wider cultural histories of the Regency and earlier Victorian periods. The first half considers the construction of the Regency peasant-poet and how Clare performed this role on stages such as the London Magazine. It also looks at the way in which it went out of fashion as Regency mentalities were replaced by early Victorian ones. The second half recreates asylum culture and places Clare's performances as Regency boxers and Lord Byron within this bleak new world.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-12-13

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780333652718

DOI: 10.1057/9781403990280

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 195