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Book: Spectres of John Ball

Chapter: After Waterloo: The Poet Laureate’s John Ball

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.42758

Blurb:

This chapter looks at the controversies surrounding Southey’s Wat Tyler as it was used to shame the now Poet Laureate. It looks at how Ball (often Southey’s version) was used in the aftermath of the economic hardships and political tensions following the Napoleonic Wars.

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