Sex, money & personal character in eighteenth-century British politics / Marilyn Morris.
Material type: TextSeries: Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and historyPublisher: [New Haven, CT] : Yale University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780300210477
- 0300210477
- 0300208456
- 9780300208450
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century
- Press and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Journalism -- Political aspects -- England -- History
- Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 18e siècle
- Presse -- Aspect politique -- Angleterre -- Histoire
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain
- Politics and government
- Journalism -- Political aspects
- Press and politics
- England
- Great Britain
- 1700-1799
- 941.07 23
- DA480 .M644 2014
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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.
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.
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