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John Clare
R S Attack
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Description for John Clare
Paperback. John Clare was born at a time of great social upheaval, just months after the beheading of Louis XVI and the outbreak of war with France. This exploration of John Clare's life shows the socio-economic and environmental aspects of his observations and includes his reports on an insidious revolution taking place in the English countryside. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Providing a firsthand account of the land enclosure movement of the 19th century from a major English poet, this extensively researched study gives modern readers an appreciation of the divisive effects of such policies. Structured chronologically, this exploration of John Clare’s life highlights the socioeconomic and environmental aspects of his observations and includes his reports on an insidious revolution taking place in England, where a Parliament dominated by landowners authorized the enclosure of large tracts of land by private acts. Claiming that an impoverished rural population was consequently driven into urban slums—providing cheap labor at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution—the study argues that this is the cause of many poverty issues that modern governments struggle with to this day. Clare’s poetry and writing reveals something of the pre-enclosure way of life and also presents his appreciation of what was happening and his anger at its injustice.
Product Details
Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856832703
SKU
V9780856832703
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Ref
99-24
About R S Attack
R. S. Attack studied economic history and is a poet with a strong concern for social justice.
Reviews for John Clare
"Clare's poetry, with the aid of such books as Rosemary Attack's, may reveal to a new generation, the need to return the land to its true heirs, the people of England." —Land and Liberty (Spring 2012)