Sex, money & personal character in eighteenth-century British politics /
Morris, Marilyn, 1957-
Sex, money & personal character in eighteenth-century British politics / Marilyn Morris. - 1 online resource - Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century culture and history . - Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political and the Personal -- Politics of Personal Character -- Measure of Men -- Court, Courtship and Domestic Virtue -- Ethics of Fashion, Spending, Credit and Debt -- Views from the Peripheries of the Political World -- Persistence of Casuistry. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
How, and why, did the Anglo-American world become so obsessed with the private lives and public character of its political leaders? Marilyn Morris finds answers in eighteenth-century Britain, when a long tradition of court intrigue and gossip spread into a much broader and more public political arena with the growth of political parties, extra-parliamentary political activities, and a partisan print culture. The public's preoccupation with the personal character of the ruling elite paralleled a growing interest in the interior lives of individuals in histories, novels, and the theater. Newspaper reports of the royal family intensified in intimacy and its members became moral exemplars--most often, paradoxically, when they misbehaved. Ad hominem attacks on political leaders became commonplace; politicians of all affiliations continued to assess one another's characters based on their success and daring with women and money. And newly popular human-interest journalism promoted the illusion that the personal characters of public figures could be read by appearances.--Provided by publisher.
9780300210477 (electronic bk.) 0300210477 (electronic bk.) (print) 0300208456 9780300208450
JSTOR purchased
22573/ctt13mkngw JSTOR
2014022290
1700-1799
Press and politics--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Journalism--Political aspects--History.--England
Presse--Aspect politique--Histoire.--Angleterre
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Politics and government.
Journalism--Political aspects.
Press and politics.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--18e siècle.
England.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
DA480 / .M644 2014
941.07
Sex, money & personal character in eighteenth-century British politics / Marilyn Morris. - 1 online resource - Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century culture and history . - Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political and the Personal -- Politics of Personal Character -- Measure of Men -- Court, Courtship and Domestic Virtue -- Ethics of Fashion, Spending, Credit and Debt -- Views from the Peripheries of the Political World -- Persistence of Casuistry. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
How, and why, did the Anglo-American world become so obsessed with the private lives and public character of its political leaders? Marilyn Morris finds answers in eighteenth-century Britain, when a long tradition of court intrigue and gossip spread into a much broader and more public political arena with the growth of political parties, extra-parliamentary political activities, and a partisan print culture. The public's preoccupation with the personal character of the ruling elite paralleled a growing interest in the interior lives of individuals in histories, novels, and the theater. Newspaper reports of the royal family intensified in intimacy and its members became moral exemplars--most often, paradoxically, when they misbehaved. Ad hominem attacks on political leaders became commonplace; politicians of all affiliations continued to assess one another's characters based on their success and daring with women and money. And newly popular human-interest journalism promoted the illusion that the personal characters of public figures could be read by appearances.--Provided by publisher.
9780300210477 (electronic bk.) 0300210477 (electronic bk.) (print) 0300208456 9780300208450
JSTOR purchased
22573/ctt13mkngw JSTOR
2014022290
1700-1799
Press and politics--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Journalism--Political aspects--History.--England
Presse--Aspect politique--Histoire.--Angleterre
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Politics and government.
Journalism--Political aspects.
Press and politics.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--18e siècle.
England.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
DA480 / .M644 2014
941.07