<DIV>This volume brings together, in definitive form, all of John Clare's important autobiographical writings. His <i>Autobiographical Fragments, Journal</i>, and <i>Sketches</i> are set alongside his famous <i>Journey out of Essex</i>. Maps of Clare's countryside, his will, and extracts from his asylum letters are also included, presenting the author in all his guises—ploughboy, gardener, and militiaman; lover and husband; acquaintance of Hazlitt, Lamb, and Coleridge; and finally, inmate in an asylum. <br></div>