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Title: THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR
By: John Clare, Eric Robinson (Editor), David Powell (Editor)
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0199672229
ISBN 13: 9780199672226
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 10 April, 2014
Pages: 168
Description: John Clare's classic of English poetry describes the countryman's year, each month marked by its agricultural tasks, rural celebrations, and festivals. This reissue marks the 150th anniversary of the poet's death, and includes charming wood engravings by David Gentleman.
Synopsis: John Clare is one of the greatest English Romantic poets, and The Shepherd's Calendar is his masterpiece. It is a classic of English poetry and a fascinating work of social history, recording long-vanished aspects of nineteenth-century rural life. The poem provides a calendar of the country year, in which the various tasks performed by the farm labourer take their place: ploughing in February, lambing in March, and hay-making in June. The countryman's year is also punctuated by celebrations and festivals, such as May Day games, sheep-shearing feasts, Harvest Home, and Christmas. Rooted in popular culture, the poem has many vivid descriptions of the flowers, birds, and beasts of the hedgerow and field. This reissue, first published in 1964 and in a second edition in 1993, is published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of John Clare's death. It includes charming wood engravings by David Gentleman.
Illustrations: 13 wood engravings
Publication: UK
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Returns: Returnable
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