Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Title Information: |
sex, scandal, and monarchy in print, 1780-1821 |
Author: |
SamuelianKristin Flieger, 1961- |
Place of Publication: |
New York, NY |
Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
Year of Publication: |
2010 |
Edition: |
1st ed. |
Description: |
1 online resource (x, 254 p.) |
Series: |
Nineteenth-century major lives and letters |
Subject: |
Monarchy - Public opinion - Great Britain - 18th century. - |
Subject: |
Monarchy - Public opinion - Great Britain - 19th century. - |
Subject: |
Monarchy in literature. - |
Subject: |
Press - Influence - Great Britain - 18th century. - |
Subject: |
Press - Influence - Great Britain - 19th century. - |
Subject: |
Press and politics - History - Great Britain - 18th century. - |
Subject: |
Press and politics - History - Great Britain - 19th century. - |
Subject: |
Politics and literature - History - Great Britain - 18th century. - |
Subject: |
HISTORY. - |
Personal Subject: |
George - In literature. - |
Personal Subject: |
George - In literature. - |
Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230117488 |
Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
Summary: |
"Royal Romances: Sex, Scandal, and Monarchy in Print, 1780-1821 explores the reception of the royal family during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, its representation in fiction, poetry, and the popular press. Beginning with the adolescence of the Prince of Wales, the onset of King George's madness, and the first regency crisis, it includes the investigations of and legal proceedings against Princess Caroline and the coronation of George IV. The response to the royal family, registered in pamphlets and political engravings, fiction and poetry, reflects the public's belief in their right of access to the private life of royalty, and the right to understand and interpret it through representation"-- |
ISBN: |
9780230117488electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
0230117481electronic bk. |