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Ballads and songs of Peterloo /

This is an edited anthology comprising more than seventy poems and songs written in immediate response to Peterloo in 1819. Mainly anonymous, these ballads appear either as broadsides or in the radical press and are collected together for the first time.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morgan, Alison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front matter; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'Rise Britons, rise now from your slumber': the revolutionary call to arms; 'Ye English warriors': radical nationalism andthe true patriot; 'Base brat of reform': the victimisation of mother and child; 'Your memorials shallsurvive the grave': elegy and remembrance; 'Those true sons of Mars': chivalry, cowardice andthe power of satire; 'Freeman stand, or freeman die': liberty and slavery; Appendix The Masque of Anarchy; Select bibliography; Index of poem titles; Index.