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Masks of Anarchy: The History of a Radical Poem, from Percy Shelley to the Triangle Factory Fire
Michael Demson
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Masks of Anarchy tells the extraordinary story of Shelley's "The Masque of Anarchy," its conception in Italy, its suppression in England, and how it became a rallying cry for workers across the Atlantic a century later. "Shake your chains to earth like dew," it implores. "Ye are many-they are few."
In 1819, British troops attacked a peaceful crowd of demonstrators near Manchester, killing and maiming hundreds. News of the Peterloo Massacre, as it came to be known, traveled to the young English poet Percy Shelley, then living in Italy, who immediately sat down at his desk and penned one of ... Read more
Masks of Anarchy tells the extraordinary story of Shelley's "The Masque of Anarchy," its conception in Italy, its suppression in England, and how it became a rallying cry for workers across the Atlantic a century later. "Shake your chains to earth like dew," it implores. "Ye are many-they are few."
In 1819, British troops attacked a peaceful crowd of demonstrators near Manchester, killing and maiming hundreds. News of the Peterloo Massacre, as it came to be known, traveled to the young English poet Percy Shelley, then living in Italy, who immediately sat down at his desk and penned one of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781680988
SKU
V9781781680988
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About Michael Demson
Michael Demson is a Professor of English at Sam Houston State University in Texas. Summer Mcclinton is a New York-based illustrator whose work has appeared in The Beats.
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