The Flood

About this film

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Flood by John Clare. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 3, 2016. Read in English by Amy Gramour; Bruce Kachuk; Benjamin Lewis; Brian Darby; David Lawrence; Esther ben Simonides; Newgatenovelist; Ian King; Lee Ann Howlett; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper; Matthew Datcher and SkyAlbatross. John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His poetry underwent a major re-evaluation in the late 20th century, and he is now often considered to be among the most important 19th-century poets. His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self". ( Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Au…

Directors & creators

John Clare

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librivox; audiobooks; literature; poetry; nature; water; storm; waves; flood

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