Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Clare's 'Minorness'; 2 Viewing and Reviewing; 3 'Grammer in learning is like Tyranny in government'; 4 The Cottager's Friend; 5 'Medlars'; 6 The Marketplace; 7 The Natural Histories of Helpstone; 8 Clare, Cobbett and 'Captain Swing'; Epilogue: Clare's Agency; Notes; Index.
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This study explores the sources of the "poor Clare" tradition, and recovers Clare's agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day.