Reading With John Clare - Biopoetics, Sovereignty, Romanticism

Reading with John Clare argues that poetry and its repression lies at the heart of biopolitical thinking. By rereading the emergence of biopolitics and focusing on the exemplary case of John Clare, it renews our understanding of the relation between aesthetics and politics from romanticism to the present.

About the author

Sara Guyer

Summary

Reading with John Clare argues that poetry and its repression lies at the heart of biopolitical thinking. By rereading the emergence of biopolitics and focusing on the exemplary case of John Clare, it renews our understanding of the relation between aesthetics and politics from romanticism to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Guyer
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780823265572
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-6557-2
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Lit Z FUP; Lit Z; Lit Z
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies