Completing the Oxford edition of Clare's collected poems, this volume presents the poems of the Northborough period of Clare's creativity. As with the other volumes, many of the poems have never before been published, and Clare's spelling, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary have been preserved.
Completing the influential Oxford edition of Clare's poetry, this volume presents the poems of the Northborough period of Clare's creativity. As with other volumes in the edition, many of the poems have never before been published, and Clare's spelling, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary have all been carefully preserved. This final volume also includes corrections to the texts, variants, and notes in previously-published volumes in the series, along with a cumulative glossary and cumulative indices of first-lines and titles.
This ongoing Clarendon edition of Clare's poetry ... will come to be seen as one of the greatest editions of the twentieth century.
