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There are many thousands of poems about Death in the abstract. Philosophy about Death is a typical way of rendering it less real as an experience.

— John Birtwhistle

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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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