Product Description: This volume brings together, in definitive form, all of John Clare's important autobiographical writings. His Autobiographical Fragments, Journal, and Sketches are set alongside his famous Journey out of Essex. Maps of Clare's countryside, his will, and extracts from his asylum letters are also included, presenting the author in all his guises—ploughboy, gardener, and militiaman; lover and husband; acquaintance of Hazlitt, Lamb, and Coleridge; and finally, inmate in an asylum...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The time has come to delve into the story of South Africa’s turbulent history – a story of exploration and conquest, rampant growth and war, oppression and ultimately, liberation. This selection of writings, from the most illuminating, entertaining and significant works written about the country and its diverse people, covers almost five centuries – from the earliest encounters between colonists and the original inhabitants to the discovery of unimaginable wealth on the diamond and gold fields, from the Boer War and its bitter legacy to the greater tragedy of apartheid and its eventual demise...read more

Product Description: This text brings together Clare's longest poem, "The Parish", and his satires, "The Hue and Cry" and "The Summons". Other poems, some previously unpublished, are included. They reveal his reactions to political and social conditions and events of his age...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is an exciting Key Stage 3 resource for teaching lower attainers about the issues and events that characterise medieval Britain. It never lets go of the period's story, providing opportunities to examine the big picture and investigate particular topics...read more

Product Description: This is a resource for teaching and learning about the issues and events that characterize Tudor, Stuart and early-18th-century Britain. This pack features photocopiable activities including an opportunity for pupils to "fight" the Armada battle, an investigation on the use of propaganda in portraits (across this and other periods), and an examination of whether Cromwell's tactics at Drogheda were a result of military necessity or blood lust...read more

Product Description: Clare, John

A collection of poems by John Clare includes 'Sheep in Winter,' 'Noon,' 'Song's Eternity,' 'Crows in Spring,' and others

Product Description: First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

These volumes represent the third and fourth of five volumes devoted to Clare's "middle period," between 1822 and 1837, arguably the years of his finest creativity. They range from examples of Clare's satirical and political verse, in "The Summons" and "The Hue and Cry," to a telling expression of his philosophy of nature, in "The Eternity of Nature," and probably the most important statement of Clare's poetic objectives in "To the Rural Muse."