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" Sex, money & personal character in eighteenth-century British politics / "
Marilyn Morris
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BL
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626789
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Morris, Marilyn,1957-
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Sex, money personal character in eighteenth-century British politics /\ Marilyn Morris
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Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C
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xiii, 257 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ;; 24 cm
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9780300208450
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: 0300208456
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The political and the personal -- The politics of personal character -- The measure of men -- Court, courtship and domestic virture -- The ethics of fashion, spending, credit and debt -- Views from the peripheries of the political world -- The persistence of casuistry
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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
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Press and politics-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century
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Journalism-- Political aspects-- England-- History
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Great Britain, Politics and government, 18th century
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941.07
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DA480.M644 2014
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