I Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare TEC003000 Drawing on current reading theory

Drawing on current reading theory

and widespread wars

This hope can shape and direct our lives for better or worse

The Habit of Rivers is about ways of seeing the wonderfully textured world that emanates from a river

but finds that solving the mystery unexpectedly leads him to inner answers

I Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare TEC003000 Drawing on current reading theoryHail, humble Helpstone Where dawning genius never met the day, Where useless ignorance slumbers life away Unknown nor heeded, where low genius tries Above the vulgar and the vain to rise. from Helpstone I Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare is the first anthology of the great peasant poet's remarkable verse that makes available the full range of his accomplishments. Here are the different Clares that have beguiled readers for two centuries: the