John Clare Society of North America

the john clare society of north america is a non-profit literary organization devoted to the study, preservation, and publication of the works of john clare. born in 1793, john clare was an english poet who lived mostly in rural northamptonshire. his biographer jonathan bate states that clare was "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." all income to the john clare society of north america is used in direct support of its essential purposes: to promote the study of the works and life of john clare; to promote the collection, preservation, and exchange of items of literary and biographical interest; to promote a wider appreciation of clare and the continuing publication of his works; and to advocate the protection of clare's countryside and to encourage rural education and sensitivity to rural landscapes. founded in 1997, the john clare society o