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I Am

Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of some well-loved poems. Peggy examines Clare's expression of feelings of dispossession.

Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of some well-loved poems.

Peggy examines the poem's expression of feelings of dispossession engendered by the land grab of the agricultural enclosures of the early-19th century, and Clare's residency in a lunatic asylum at the time of writing it.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Dec 2008 23:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Dec 2008 16:30
  • Sat 13 Dec 2008 23:30