John Clare

General Editor’s Preface; Preface; Abbreviations; intro101 Introduction, Mark Storey; Part 1 The Early Days; Chapter 1 John Clare apologizes, John Clare; Chapter 2 John Clare addresses the public, John Clare; Chapter 3 John Clare on his hopes of success, John Clare; Chapter 4 The problem of the ‘Dedication’ to Poems Descriptive; Chapter 5 Words of Warning, Edward Drury, John Taylor; Chapter 6 Octavius Gilchrist introduces Clare to the literary world, Octavius Gilchrist; Part 2 Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery; Chapter 7 Introduction to Poems Descriptive, John Taylor; Chapter 8 From an unsigned review, New Times; Chapter 9 Octavius Gilchrist on Poems Descriptive, Octavius Gilchrist; Chapter 10 Tributes in verse; Chapter 11 Advice on alterations and omissions; Chapter 12 Eliza Emmerson on her admiration of ‘Nature s Child’, Eliza Emmerson; Chapter 13 Charles Mossop on the source of Clare’s success, Charles Mossop; Chapter 14 From an unsigned review, New Monthly Magazine; Chapter 15 From an unsigned review, Monthly Review; Chapter 16 Unsigned notice, Monthly Magazine; Chapter 17 John Scott, from an unsigned review, London Magazine, John Scott; Chapter 18 John Clare and the Morning Post; Chapter 19 Eliza Emmerson on the certainty of ultimate success, Eliza Emmerson; Chapter 20 An enquirer after Clare’s welfare; Chapter 21 Eliza Emmerson on critical reactions, Eliza Emmerson; Chapter 22 Octavius Gilchrist on having to write another article on Clare, Octavius Gilchrist; Chapter 23 From an unsigned review, Eclectic Review; Chapter 24 James Plumptre on rural poetry according to Part icular principles, James Plumptre; Chapter 25 From an unsigned review, Quarterly, Octavius Gilchrist; Chapter 26 Unsigned article, Guardian; Chapter 27 J.G.Lockhart on Clare, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, J.G. Lockhart; Chapter 28 From an unsigned review, British Critic, Octavius Gilchrist; Chapter 29 From an unsigned review, Antijacobin Review, Octavius Gilchrist; Chapter 30 Robert