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Edge of the orison : in the traces of John Clare's 'journey out of Essex' by Sinclair, Iain is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
<p><b>In <i>Edge of the Orison</i> the visionary Iain Sinclair walks in the steps of poet John Clare<br></b><br>In 1841 the poet John Clare fled an asylum in Epping Forest and walked eighty miles to his home in Northborough. He was searching for his lost love, Mary Joyce - a woman three years dead ... <br><br>In 2000 Iain Sinclair set out to recreate Clare's walk away from madness. He wanted to understand his bond with the poet and escape the gravity of his London obsessions. Accompanied on this
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- Author
- Sinclair, Iain
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141911014
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Travel, Biography, Literary Figures
- Rating
- 3.65 / 5 (63 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14