Five Questions: Simon Kövesi on John Clare: Nature, Criticism and History (interview with Matthew Sangster)

Kovesi, S. (2018) Five Questions: Simon Kövesi on John Clare: Nature, Criticism and History (interview with Matthew Sangster). [Website]

Abstract

Simon Kövesi has published widely on contemporary fiction (with a particular focus on the Scottish novelist James Kelman), on working-class literature and on the relationship between writing and the natural world. At the heart of his work, though, is his abiding interest in and love for John Clare, on whom he has published numerous essays and book chapters. He is the editor of the John Clare Society Journal and the co-editor (with Scott McEathron) of New Essays on John Clare: Poetry, Culture and Community (Cambridge University Press, 2015). He has recently led a high-profile campaign to highlight the threat posed to Clare’s archives by ongoing local authority cuts. His passion for Clare’s work has also led to his being one of the very few academics to have sparred with a straw bear on the silver screen. Below, we discuss his most recent monograph, John Clare: Nature, Criticism and History, which was published by Palgrave in September 2017.

• Item Type: Website
• Additional Information: Blog entry.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Kovesi, Professor Simon
• Authors: Kovesi, S.
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature
• Journal Name: BARS website
• Publisher: BARS
• Published Online: 14 March 2018