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Quotes from Clare's 'Popularity in Authorship — John Birtwhistle

born 1946 England

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A minor essay, but an unduly neglected document of Clare's predicament in 1824, a crucial year in his life as a poet.

Clare's 'Popularity in Authorship (1824)

The essay was impelled by Clare's anxiety that his poems were slipping out of fashion.

Clare's 'Popularity in Authorship (1824)

Clare's essay was itself an attempt at popularity through essayistic journalism.

Clare's 'Popularity in Authorship (1824)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Birtwhistle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.