Book contents
- John Clare and Community
- Series page
- John Clare and Community
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and conventions
- Introduction: Clare and community
- Part I Brother bards and fellow labourers
- Part II Representing rural life
- Chapter 5 Enclosure and the poetry of protest
- Chapter 6 The bird’s nest poems, protection and violation
- Chapter 7 Festive ritual and folk narrative
- Chapter 8 Storytellings:
- Conclusion: Community and solitude
- Notes
- Works consulted
- Index
Chapter 8 - Storytellings:
‘old womens memorys’
from Part II - Representing rural life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- John Clare and Community
- Series page
- John Clare and Community
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and conventions
- Introduction: Clare and community
- Part I Brother bards and fellow labourers
- Part II Representing rural life
- Chapter 5 Enclosure and the poetry of protest
- Chapter 6 The bird’s nest poems, protection and violation
- Chapter 7 Festive ritual and folk narrative
- Chapter 8 Storytellings:
- Conclusion: Community and solitude
- Notes
- Works consulted
- Index
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- John Clare and Community , pp. 169 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012