I Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare

John Clare

Jonathan Bate

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2003

Hail, 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 tender chronicler of nature and childhood; the champion of folkways in the face of oppression; the passionate, sweet-tongued love-poet; and the lonely visionary confined, in old age and senility, to asylums.

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John Clare has spent more than 40 years telling stories. First as a journalist on TV and newspapers in the UK, then as an award-winning documentary maker, and for the past 25 years as a communication and presentation coach. He works with companies, senior leaders and academics all over the world, helping them to produce and deliver presentations that inform, engage and inspire. He is the chief executive of LionsDen Communications. Based in London, UK, his clients range from global corporations to start-ups. He works across all sectors but has an international reputation in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. He is the author of a number of other books on communication, presentation skills and the media.