British Labouring-Class Nature Poetry, 1730-1837 (Hardcover)

Table of contents Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: 'A weed in nature's poesy': British Labouring-Class Nature Poetry, 1730-1837 'The Fields his Study': Robert Bloomfield's Poetics of Sustainability Return to the Garden: James Woodhouse and Polite Cultivations Heavenly Prospects: Views from Clifton and Cliffden Writing against the Current: Anne Wilson's Teisa and Labouring-Class River Poetry 'What terms of Art can Nature's pow'rs express?': William Falconer and Labouring-Class Poetry at Sea 'And all is nakedness and fen': John Clare's Wetlands Conclusion: The Politics and Poetics of Wood: Labouring-Class Poetry in the Victorian Era Notes Index