British Labouring-Class Nature Poetry, 1730–1837

1. Introduction: ‘A Weed in Nature’s Poesy’ — British Labouring-Class Nature Poetry, 1730–1837
Bridget Keegan

2. ‘The Fields His Study’: Robert Bloomfield’s Poetics of Sustainability
Bridget Keegan

3. Return to the Garden: James Woodhouse and Polite Cultivations
Bridget Keegan

4. Heavenly Prospects: Views From Clifton and Cliffden
Bridget Keegan

5. Writing Against the Current: Anne Wilson’s Teisa and Labouring-Class River Poetry
Bridget Keegan

6. ‘What Terms of Art Can Nature’s Pow’rs Express?’: William Falconer and Labouring-Class Poetry at Sea
Bridget Keegan

7. ‘And All is Nakedness and Fen’: John Clare’s Wetlands
Bridget Keegan

8. Conclusion: The Politics and Poetics of Wood — Labouring-Class Poetry in the Victorian Era
Bridget Keegan

Keywords: Literature, Poetry and Poetics, British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature