Original sentence: Although McGann began the focus of critics on the historical aspects of the poem, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Roe, and others, focused more on the political qualities of the poem, and Roe argued that the poem was connected to the Peterloo Massacre.Jerome McGann, in a 1979 essay, argued that the poem was an escape from the violence of the Peterloo Massacre and the political climate of 1819.There are social and political dimensions in "To Autumn"
Edited sentence: By suggesting that the poem was indirectly influenced by historical events, McGann focused critics on the historical aspects of the poem.In response, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Roe, and others, focused more on the political qualities of the poem, and Roe went as far as to argue that the poem does have a connection to the Peterloo Massacre.In the second half of the 20th Century, critics began to explore the social and political dimensions in "To Autumn".Jerome McGann, in a 1979 essay, argued that the poem deliberately ignores the political landscape of 1819 and acts as an escape from the violence of the Peterloo Massacre and other events of that time