‘Rise Now from Your Slumber’: Ballads and Songs of Peterloo

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KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/09524142.2021.1972577

Alison Morgan

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ABSTRACT In the months following the Peterloo Massacre, an array of poems and songs was published in radical newspapers or as broadside ballads, the first of which appeared in the Manchester Observer a mere five days after the event. What is of import regarding Peterloo's literature is the speed with which it was written and published as well as the range of genres used by the largely anonymous balladeers to convey the outrage, horror and despair felt by the majority of English people at the slaughter of their fellow citizens. This article explores a selection of Peterloo songs, focusing both on their initial publication and longer-lasting impact on radical discourse not only demonstrating that they were not as ephemeral as the publications in which they were first printed, but also indicating the wider significance of Peterloo to the continuing campaign for democracy. Furthermore, through a joint project with musicians as part of the bicentennial commemorations, new life has been breathed into these songs, enabling the voices from 200 years ago to both inform and inspire audiences in an era in which democracy is under siege and xenophobic nationalism on the rise.

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“从你的贫民窟里起来”：彼得罗的歌谣和歌曲

摘要在彼得罗惨案发生后的几个月里，一系列的诗歌和歌曲被刊登在激进的报纸上或以民谣的形式出现，其中第一首出现在事件发生仅五天后的《曼彻斯特观察家报》上。彼得罗文学的重要之处在于它的写作和出版速度，以及大部分匿名民谣歌手用来表达大多数英国人对同胞被屠杀时的愤怒、恐怖和绝望的各种流派。这篇文章探讨了彼得罗歌曲的精选，重点关注它们最初的出版和对激进话语的长期影响，不仅表明它们不像最初出版的出版物那样短暂，而且表明彼得罗对持续的民主运动具有更广泛的意义。此外，作为二百周年纪念活动的一部分，通过与音乐家的联合项目，这些歌曲注入了新的活力，使200年前的声音能够在民主被围困、仇外民族主义抬头的时代为观众提供信息和激励。

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