Author:John Clare
Clare's highly personal evocations of landscape and place are some of the most poignant lyrics in English poetry. His celebration of all forms of natural life and his laments for the death of rural England grew directly out of his intimate knowledge of the labourer's life, the wheatfields and hedgerows of his village in Northamptonshire.
This authoritative and engaging selection includes poems from every stage of Clare's poetic career, organised by theme, from 'Birds and Beasts' to 'Madhouses, Prisons and Whorehouses'.
Romantic comedy at it's best
—— The Western MailAs Kipling was to the secrets of the jungle, so is Baker to modern domesticity, equally ready with fascinating observation
—— Daily TelegraphThere is a good deal more everyday wonder here than in a hundred original miscellanies
—— ObserverThis might be Baker's best yet - you're in for a treat
—— Evening StandardLike the small, agreeable sensations it so deftly evokes, this modestly scaled story is a pleasure that can add cheer to an entire day
—— SpectatorUtterly convincing and compelling ... A stunning feat of the imagination and an absolute must-read
—— Steven PressfieldDenys Johnson-Davies...the leading Arabic-English translator of our time
—— Edward Said
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