Peter Grimes (derived from the poem of George Crabbe)

Peter Grimes, an Opera in Three Acts and a Prologue Derived from the Poem of George Crabbe

Notes ◽

10.2307/890902 ◽

1946 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 100

Author(s):

Leonard Burkat ◽

Benjamin Britten ◽

George Crabbe

Keyword(s):

Peter Grimes ◽

George Crabbe

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The Plot of ‘Peter Grimes’

Tempo ◽

10.1017/s0040298200060368 ◽

1944 ◽

pp. 168-168

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

East Coast ◽

Ship Building ◽

The Poor ◽

Peter Grimes ◽

George Crabbe ◽

The Church

The Borough, as described by George Crabbe, is a small fishing and ship-building town on the East Coast. Crabbe sets himself to examine the Borough from all aspects, entitling the main sections of his poem ‘The Church,’ ‘Sects and Professions in Religion,’ ‘Professions (Law, Physic),’ ‘Trades,’ ‘Amusements,’ ‘Inns,’ ‘the Poor of the Borough,’ ‘Prisons,’ ‘Schools,’ and little by little, character by character, assembling a picture of the whole life of a nineteenth century town.

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Children as Property: Hindsight and Foresight

Children Australia ◽

10.1017/s0312897000001855 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 3-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Frank Bates LLM.

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Social History ◽

Charles Dickens ◽

Dysfunctional Family ◽

The Poor ◽

Peter Grimes ◽

George Crabbe

“Peter had heard there were in London then, -Still have they being? - workhouse - clearing men Who, undisturbed by feelings just or kind, Would parish-boys to needy tradesmen bind: They in their want a trifling sum would take And toiling slaves of piteous orphans make”(George Crabbe, ‘The Poor of the Borough: Peter Grimes’ Letter 22, The Borough, 1812)Although these well-known lines from George Crabbe's poem The Borough, refer to the practice of workhouses, in essence, selling children (a similar instance, may of course, be found in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens), it is equally clear that the practice was not confined to the workhouse. Although the workhouse may have been the ultimate Victorian method of dealing with poverty and certain types of dysfunctional family (Henriques, 1979), there can equally be no doubt that the practice was not thereto restricted. It is the purpose of this article to consider, albeit briefly, the more obvious manifestations of children as property in Nineteenth Century social history and to inquire as to how far those attitudes are still pertinent to Anglo-Australian law.

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