Download or read book The Early Poems of John Clare, 1804-1822 written by John Clare and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the first reliable basis for a new assessment of John Clare's poetic growth, this two-voume collection presents all of Clare's early poems--many published here for the first time--and all known variants. Ranging from juvenilia to the published poems that first established Clare's reputation, this edition preserves Clare's characteristic spelling, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary, and includes an introduction, extensive annotations, and a glossary.