Reading with John Clare: Biopoetics, Sovereignty, Romanticism

by Sara Guyer

Book Overview

Reading with John Clare argues that at the heart of contemporary biopolitical thinking is an insistent repression of poetry. By returning to the moment at which biopolitics is said to emerge simultaneously with romanticism, this project renews our understanding of the operations of contemporary politics and its relation to aesthetics across two centuries.

Guyer focuses on a single, exemplary case: the poetry and autobiographical writing of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823265587
• ISBN13: 9780823265589
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"