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- Title
'God Save Our Queen!' Percy Bysshe Shelley and Radical Appropriations of the British National Anthem.
- Authors
Morgan, Alison
- Abstract
An essay is presented which discusses the development of the British national anthems "God Save the King" and "God Save the Rights of Man" from the 18th century through the mid 19th century, with a particular focus on the poetry of writer Percy Bysshe Shelley's relationship with the anthem. The influence that British radicals had on British national anthems, including in regard to the political movement of the Jacobites, is discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; NATIONAL songs; SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822; GOD Save the King (Music); MUSIC; GOD Save the Rights of Man (Music); RADICALS; JACOBITES; ENGLISH poetry; HISTORY; POETRY &; society
- Publication
Romanticism, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
1354-991X
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.3366/rom.2014.0157