TY - BOOK AU - Morris,Marilyn TI - Sex, money & personal character in eighteenth-century British politics T2 - Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century culture and history SN - 9780300210477 AV - DA480 .M644 2014 U1 - 941.07 23 PY - 2014/// CY - [New Haven, CT] PB - Yale University Press KW - Press and politics KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Journalism KW - Political aspects KW - England KW - Presse KW - Aspect politique KW - Angleterre KW - Histoire KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - bisacsh KW - Politics and government KW - fast KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - 18e siècle KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note; 1; Political and the Personal --; 2; Politics of Personal Character --; 3; Measure of Men --; 4; Court, Courtship and Domestic Virtue --; 5; Ethics of Fashion, Spending, Credit and Debt --; 6; Views from the Peripheries of the Political World --; 7; Persistence of Casuistry N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=880707 ER -