Shelley, Peterloo And The Mask Of Anarchy

by Harry Buxton Forman

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Genres: History

28 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

About the author

Henry Buxton Forman CB (11 July 1842 – 15 June 1917) was a Victorian-era bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller whose literary reputation is based on his bibliographies of Percy Shelley and John Keats. In 1934 he was revealed to have been in a conspiracy with Thomas James Wise (1859–1937) to purvey large quantities of forged first editions of Georgian and Victorian authors. [Wikipedia]

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a transcript of a lecture delivered at the Shelley Society in 1887 by the author. The beginning gives a brief overview of the events at Manchester and how it outraged Shelley, inspiring his writing of "The Mask of Anarchy." The majority of the lecture is about editing issues and variations in wording in the poem. Not helpful if you're researching Peterloo, but interesting if you're studying Shelley.

[Sem · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as advertised.

[Dzevad · Rating 5 out of 5]

The work of a master.A dreadful event with the background of shameless degradation of society perfectly converted into a written word.