约翰·克莱尔

约翰·克莱尔(John Clare，1793-1864)是英国19世纪浪漫主义时期诗人，他的诗歌创作侧重于对自然的描写。克莱尔发表过四部诗集，其中第一部《乡村生活和自然景色的描写》获得巨大轰动，因为这部诗集他获得了“北安普顿的诗人”的美誉(Northamptonshire Poet)。其作品以植物、动物、家乡以及爱情等主题见长，21世纪伊始，由于生态批评的发展，克莱尔再次走入批评家和读者的视线。

John Clare was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th century; he is now often seen as a major 19th-century poet. His biographer Jonathan Bate called Clare "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self."