An Anthology of Chartist Poetry: Poetry of the British Working Class, 1830s-1850sPeter Scheckner Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989 - 353 pagina's Chartist poetry was written by and for workers. In contrast with the portrayal of workers by mainstream Victorian writers, Chartist verse is intellectual, complex, and socially conscious and reflects an international outlook. |
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... rule - but also utopian : somehow a classless society results . Of the four poets , Jones was most consistently an internationalist and a spokesman for the British worker against the middle and aristocratic classes . As a major Chartist ...
... rule - but also utopian : somehow a classless society results . Of the four poets , Jones was most consistently an internationalist and a spokesman for the British worker against the middle and aristocratic classes . As a major Chartist ...
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... rule . Ernest Jones's long poem , " The Age of Peace , " is a compelling indictment of imperialism , war , and slavery . An adjunct to the theme of internationalism and anticolonial rule is the notion that African slaves have much in ...
... rule . Ernest Jones's long poem , " The Age of Peace , " is a compelling indictment of imperialism , war , and slavery . An adjunct to the theme of internationalism and anticolonial rule is the notion that African slaves have much in ...
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... rule ye . God made ye but for us ! " Thus cry the lords of nations to the slaves whom they subdue . Unclasp God's book of nature - its writings read not thus ! Hear ! tramplers of the millions ! -Hear ! benders to the few ! God gave us ...
... rule ye . God made ye but for us ! " Thus cry the lords of nations to the slaves whom they subdue . Unclasp God's book of nature - its writings read not thus ! Hear ! tramplers of the millions ! -Hear ! benders to the few ! God gave us ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 15 |
ANONYMOUS VERSES AND SONGS | 59 |
A L | 82 |
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