John Clare is widely known as a nature poet in British romantic literature. Critics often focus quite exclusively on his poetic works,therefore,most of his natural prose writings have been constantly neglected. In fact, in addition to presenting the artistic values, Clare ' s poems and prose also jointly contribute to the scientific values from the aspect of natu-ral history studies. Through comparative studies with the contemporary nature writers, one can grasp Clare' s contribution concerning botanical and zoological aspects respectively, This paper aims at demonstrating the linking role between scientific studies and homeland protec-tion in the typical "Clarean" nature writing.
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