Percy Bysshe Shelley, the Newspapers of 1819 and the Language of Poetry
Part of : Γράμμα : περιοδικό θεωρίας και κριτικής ; Vol.21, 2013, pages 63-76
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This essay rediscovers the link between the expatriate newspaper Galignani's Messenger and Shelley's 1819 political poetry, particularly The Mask of Anarchy and Song, To the Men of England. It is suggested that a reading of this newspaper helps us to understand Shelley's response to the counter-revolutionary press of his day; previous accounts have tended to solely stress Shelley's allegiance to Leigh Hunt's politics. As well as being a contribution to book history, this essay highlights the future of the nineteenth-century book by exploring the ways the ongoing digitization of nineteenth-century texts can enable new readings of familiar texts. It also covers some theoretical issues raised by these readings, namely the development of the Digital Humanities and intertextual theory.
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