John Clare

Also known as Northamptonshire Peasant Poet

English poet (1793-1864)

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Born: ( 1793-07-13 ) 13 July 1793, Helpston , Northamptonshire , England
Died: 20 May 1864 (1864-05-20) (aged 70), Northampton , Northamptonshire , England
Genre: Rural
Notable works: Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

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Instance of: human
Given name: John
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: farmworker
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Field of work: Romantic literature
Movement: Romanticism
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Commons category: John Clare
date of birth: 1793-01-01
date of death: 1864-01-01
place of burial: Helpston
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
writing language: English language
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Encyclopedic overview

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 his 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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