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Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England / by M. Kinservik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kinservik, Matthew J., 1967-
- Series:
- The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Literature.
- Great Britain--History.
- European literature.
- Literature, Modern--18th century.
- Gender Studies.
- Medieval Literature.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- European Literature.
- Eighteenth-Century Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Gender Studies.
- Medieval Literature.
- Literature.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- European Literature.
- Eighteenth-Century Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776. Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, the duchess's state trial for bigamy and Foote's criminal trial for attempted sodomy engrossed the attention of Londoners, including George III, Parliament, and the nobility. Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity offers specialists and general readers a meticulously researched and dramatic narrative that relates the fortunes and misfortunes of its protagonists and exposes the social and legal hypocrisies about love, sex, and marriage in the age of George III.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Works Frequently Cited; A Note on Sources; Acknowledgments; Introduction: 15 April 1776; Chapter 1 Disgracing Her Grace; Chapter 2 The Clandestine Marriage; Chapter 3 Marriage à la Mode; Chapter 4 The Siren's Voice; Chapter 5 Noble Prospects; Chapter 6 Jactitation of Marriage; Chapter 7 Exit the Duke; Chapter 8 Enter the Actor; Chapter 9 Trial for Bigamy; Chapter 10 The Proxy War; Chapter 11 Trial for Attempted Sodomy; Chapter 12 Exiles; Epilogue: I, Libertine; Sources; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611363246
- 9781281363244
- 1281363243
- 9780230604803
- 0230604803
- OCLC:
- 560442292
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