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The Masque of Anarchy (or The Mask of Anarchy) is a British political poem written in 1819 (see 1819 in poetry) by Percy Bysshe Shelley following the Peterloo Massacre of that year. In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent resistance. Use of masque and mask is discussed by Morton Paley; Shelley used mask in the manuscript but the first edition uses masque in the title. The poem has 372 lines, largely in four-line quatrains; two more quatrains appear in some manuscript versions.

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  • La màscara d'anarquia (en anglès original: The Masque of Anarchy) és un poema polític escrit l'any 1819 per Percy Bysshe Shelley després de la massacre de Peterloo d'aquell any. La seva crida per la llibertat és potser la primera declaració moderna del principi de resistència no violenta. El poema no va ser publicat mentre Shelley fou viu i no va aparèixer imprès fins a l'any 1832, quan va ser publicat per Edward Moxon a Londres, amb un prefaci de Leigh Hunt. Shelley havia enviat el manuscrit el 1819 perquè es publiqués en l'Examiner. Leigh Hunt va retenir la publicació perquè va pensar que "el públic en general, no ha esdevingut prou perspicaç per fer justícia a la sinceritat i la despreocupació de l'esperit que circulava en aquesta túnica flamejant del vers." L'epígraf a la coberta de la primera edició és de La revolta de L'islam (1818): "L'esperança és forta; justícia i veritat han trobat el seu nen alat." (ca)
  • The Masque of Anarchy (or The Mask of Anarchy) is a British political poem written in 1819 (see 1819 in poetry) by Percy Bysshe Shelley following the Peterloo Massacre of that year. In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent resistance. The poem was not published during Shelley's lifetime and did not appear in print until 1832 (see 1832 in poetry), when published by Edward Moxon in London with a preface by Leigh Hunt. Shelley had sent the manuscript in 1819 for publication in The Examiner. Hunt withheld it from publication because he "thought that the public at large had not become sufficiently discerning to do justice to the sincerity and kind-heartedness of the spirit that walked in this flaming robe of verse". The epigraph on the cover of the first edition is from Shelley's The Revolt of Islam (1818): "Hope is strong; Justice and Truth their winged child have found." Use of masque and mask is discussed by Morton Paley; Shelley used mask in the manuscript but the first edition uses masque in the title. The poem has 372 lines, largely in four-line quatrains; two more quatrains appear in some manuscript versions. (en)
  • La maschera dell'anarchia (The Masque of Anarchy) è un poema a sfondo politico composto nel 1819 da Percy Bysshe Shelley in seguito al massacro di Peterloo, che avvenne nello stesso anno, e pubblicato soltanto nel 1832. Nel poema, Shelley (all'epoca residente in Italia, ma venuto a sapere comunque delle notizie che giunsero da Manchester, dove avvenne il massacro) menziona, senza mai citarli esplicitamente, diversi membri del governo inglese (presieduto dall'allora Primo Ministro Robert Banks Jenkinson), ritenuti responsabili di quel massacro: il Ministro degli Esteri, lord Castlereagh, che appare dietro la maschera dell'Assassino; il Ministro degli Interni, lord Sidmouth, che si cela dietro la figura dell'Ipocrisia, ed il lord cancelliere, , nascosto dietro le spoglie della Frode. Le tre figure allegoriche, guidate dall'Anarchia, uno scheletro con una corona in testa, tentano in tutti i modi di conquistare l'Inghilterra, ma vengono scacciate da una misteriosa figura armata che appare all'improvviso in mezzo alla foschia.Nel finale la Speranza, ora di nuovo viva, rivolge un accorato appello ai cittadini inglesi, incitandoli a destarsi come leoni dal sonno in cui erano assopiti e a spezzare le catene che li imprigionavano: Men of England, heirs of Glory,Heroes of unwritten story,Nurslings of one mighty Mother,Hopes of her, and one another;Rise like Lions after slumberIn unvanquishable number,Shake your chains to earth like dewWhich in sleep had fallen on you-Ye are many — they are few. (it)
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  • La màscara d'anarquia (en anglès original: The Masque of Anarchy) és un poema polític escrit l'any 1819 per Percy Bysshe Shelley després de la massacre de Peterloo d'aquell any. La seva crida per la llibertat és potser la primera declaració moderna del principi de resistència no violenta. (ca)
  • The Masque of Anarchy (or The Mask of Anarchy) is a British political poem written in 1819 (see 1819 in poetry) by Percy Bysshe Shelley following the Peterloo Massacre of that year. In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent resistance. Use of masque and mask is discussed by Morton Paley; Shelley used mask in the manuscript but the first edition uses masque in the title. The poem has 372 lines, largely in four-line quatrains; two more quatrains appear in some manuscript versions. (en)
  • La maschera dell'anarchia (The Masque of Anarchy) è un poema a sfondo politico composto nel 1819 da Percy Bysshe Shelley in seguito al massacro di Peterloo, che avvenne nello stesso anno, e pubblicato soltanto nel 1832. Men of England, heirs of Glory,Heroes of unwritten story,Nurslings of one mighty Mother,Hopes of her, and one another;Rise like Lions after slumberIn unvanquishable number,Shake your chains to earth like dewWhich in sleep had fallen on you-Ye are many — they are few. (it)
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  • The Masque of Anarchy (en)
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