Until now, no modern critic has undertaken a full-length study of Robert Bloomfield in the context of the work of other Romantic poets. White's authoritative st

Examining how labouring-class poets constructed themselves and were constructed by critics as part of a canon, and how they situated their work in relation to c

Reproduction of the original: The Bird and Insects' Post-Office by Robert Bloomfield

John Clare (1793-1864) is one of the most sensitive poetic observers of the natural world. Born into a rural labouring family, he felt connected to two communit