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Zusatztext This ongoing Clarendon edition of Clare's poetry ... will come to be seen as one of the greatest editions of the twentieth century. Klappentext Completing the influential Oxford edition of Clare's poetry! this volume presents the poems of the Northborough period of Clare's creativity. As with other volumes in the edition! many of the poems have never before been published! and Clare's spelling! punctuation! grammar! and vocabulary have all been carefully preserved. This final volume also includes corrections to the texts! variants! and notes in previously-published volumes in the series! along with a cumulative glossary and cumulative indices of first-lines and titles. Zusammenfassung Completing the influential Oxford edition of Clare's collected poems, this volume presents the poems of the Northborough period of Clare's creativity. As with other volumes in the edition, many of the poems have never before been published, and Clare's spelling, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary have all been carefully preserved. This final volume also includes corrections to the texts, variants, and notes in previously-published volumes in the series, along with a cumulative glossary and cumulative indices of first-lines and titles that will assist readers in their use of the edition as a whole.Clare's poetry deals not only with his own countryside, but also with its ceremonies and celebrations, its customs and games, its political, economic, and religious concerns, its proverbs, tales, and songs - indeed, with all aspects of its popular culture. The poems of the Northborough period are some of Clare's best work, demonstrating a particularly concise vision of Clare's experience of Nature. Introduction; Editorial Conventions and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; THE NORTHBOROUGH POEMS; Peterborough MS A40; Peterborough MS A55; Peterborough MS A57; Peterborough MS A58; Peterborough MS A59; Peterborough MS A60; Peterborough MS A61; Peterborough MS B6; Peterborough MS B9; Peterborough MS D14, D15, D16, D17, D18; Northampton MS 7; Northampton MS 29; Northampton MS 30; Poem from Printed Source; Explanatory Notes; Additional poems to previous volumes; Corrections to previous volumes; Consolidated glossary; Index of Titles to all volumes; Index of First Lines to all volumes; Index of Titles to the present volume; Index of First Lines to the present volume...
