Download or read book John Clare and the Imagination of the Reader written by Paul Chirico and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This broad and original study of the full range of John Clare's work is the first to take seriously his repeated appeals to the judgement of future readers. Restoring the suppressed history of Clare's deep cultural engagement, it teases out, in clear terms, the often unexpected complexities of his varied writings. A series of close readings reveals Clare's sophisticated poetics: his covert quotations, his careful analysis of the history and culture of his own place, and his fascination with literary success and posthumous fame.