The proper organisation of rural communities was central to political and social debates at the turn of the eighteenth century, and featured strongly in the 179

Robert Bloomfield, whom John Clare described as 'the most original poet of the age,' was a widely read and critically acclaimed poet throughout the first decade

For the past century, governments have been compelled, time and again, to return to the search for solutions to the housing and economic challenges posed by a r

This book re-orientates the relationship between urbanization and English Romantic poetry by focusing on urban aspects of Romantic poems.

Until now, no modern critic has undertaken a full-length study of Robert Bloomfield in the context of the work of other Romantic poets. White's authoritative st