Economy of nature in John Clare's Poetry
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2009
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Environmental Literature aims at reading the earth closely to understand its
pattern and system. Environment is the foundation of all organismswhich are
interconnected and dependent upon each other for their existence. John Clare's poetry
develops the concept of economy of nature that emphasizes upon the interconnection an
harmonious relationship among the biotic anda bioticforms in nature,which make the
world holistic and balanced. By erasing the boundaries between humanandnon-human
things in nature at different levels and by speaking against consumerist world view of
nature, Clare's poetry seeks humanistic understanding of natural world that helps to
recognize the equal value of all things in the natural world. Because each thing has an
inherent value to form a harmonious world, each eco-entity contributes to forming the
economy of nature.
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Environmental literature, English poetry