John Clare

British writer

John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet.The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption.

His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th century; he is now often seen as a major 19th-century poet.

His biographer Jonathan Bate called Clare "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced.No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self."

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