To The Rural Muse and Other Poems

About this film

LibriVox recording of To The Rural Muse and Other Poems by John Clare. Read in English by Alan Mapstone. The English poet John Clare was the son of a farm labourer and was often referred to as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet". His work is mostly inspired by the English countryside and the rural way of life. In "To the Rural Muse" he explains how he regarded some aspects of the rural life as a kind of Poetic Muse. Clare originally wrote in Northamptonshire dialect with little or no punctuation. Modern editions of his work often revise these aspects. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) 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 Audiobook (35MB)

Directors & creators

John Clare

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;English; dialect; northamptonshire; english countryside; poetic muse

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