{"product_id":"i-am-john-clare-9780374528690","title":"I Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHail, humble Helpstone ... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere dawning genius never met the day, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere useless ignorance slumbers life away\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnknown nor heeded, where low genius tries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbove the vulgar and the vain to rise.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from Helpstone \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Clare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374528691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374528690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2003 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2003 pg. 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2003 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2004 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/07\/2004 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 23","brand":"John Clare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994092536063,"sku":"9780374528690","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3cee1d0-2f78-4888-8106-2ce01fce0dec.jpg?v=1683328090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-john-clare-9780374528690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}