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Paper bullets : print and kingship under Charles II / Harold Weber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weber, Harold, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalism--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Journalism.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Printing--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Printing.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Censorship--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Censorship.
- Monarchy--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Monarchy.
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685--Historiography.
- Great Britain.
- Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685--In literature.
- Charles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The calculated use of media by those in power is a phenomenon dating back at least to the seventeenth century, as Harold Weber demonstrates in this illuminating study of the relation of print culture to kingship under England's Charles II. Seventeenth-century London witnessed an enormous expansion of the print trade, and with this expansion came a revolutionary change in the relation between political authority -- especially the monarchy -- and the printed word.Weber argues that Charles' reign was characterized by a particularly fluid relationship between print and power. The press helped brin
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Representations of the King; 1. Restoration and Escape: The Incognito King and Providential History; 2. The Monarch's Sacred Body: The King's Evil and the Politics of Royal Healing; 3. The Monarch's Profane Body: ""His scepter and his prick are of a length""; Part Two: The Language of Censorship; 4. ""The feminine part of every rebellion"": The Public, Royal Power, and the Mysteries of Printing; 5. ""The very Oracles of the Vulgar"": Stephen College and the Author on Trial
- ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813130446
- 0813130441
- 9780813156675
- 081315667X
- OCLC:
- 898064769
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