York Notes Advanced: John Clare, Selected Poems provide everything you need to know about the work of the accomplished peasant poet, whether you’re an A Level student or an undergraduate. With detailed commentaries on selected poems drawn from collections, such as Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, The Village Minstrel and other Poems, The Shepherd’s Calendar, with Village Stories and Other Poems and The Rural Muse, as well as analysis of major themes, including ‘Nature and enclosure’ and ‘Village life’, these Notes will enable you to reach the best possible understanding of the text. Overviews of key critical responses and relevant contexts will enhance your knowledge and help you to develop your own responses to the works.