Queen Caroline and the Power of Caricature in Georgian England (Queenship and Power)
by: Ian Haywood (Author)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 28 Nov. 2023
Language: English
Print Length: 148 pages
ISBN-10: 3031462238
ISBN-13: 9783031462238
Book Description
This book will be the first dedicated study of the remarkable role of Georgian caricature in the equally remarkable Queen Caroline controversy of 1820-21. When the newly crowned George IV, formerly the Prince of Wales, refused to recognise his estranged wife Caroline as the rightful queen of the Britain, her refusal to rescind her claim to the throne provoked a huge campaign of sympathy and support that almost toppled the government. The British people rallied round the ‘injured’ queen in their hundreds of thousands, and massed rallies, processions, protests and petitioning became daily news.The Queen Caroline controversy was the zenith of the ‘Golden Age’ of caricature, a tour-de-force of imagination, wit, inventiveness and sheer political mischief. In image after image, Caroline triumphs over her cowardly and conniving enemies, subverting gender and political hierarchies, and giving a presence and voice to her unenfranchised followers. This book therefore aims tochronicle and analyse this achievement.
About the Author
Review “A riveting account of the Queen Caroline affair that many people at the time thought would bring about a revolution, this book features brilliant analysis of visual satire and important arguments about radical politics and press freedom.”―Professor Tim Fulford, De Montfort University, UK“Haywood masterfully demonstrates the intersections of a momentous royal scandal, caricature, freedom of expression, and public opinion. His close readings chronicle the intervention of satiric prints in reporting and mediating the remarkable events of the Queen Caroline controversy.”―Cynthia Roman, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Paintings, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University “Focussing on the brilliant spectacle of caricature produced in relation to the Queen Caroline controversy, Haywood analyses, often for the first time, the cultural power of some surprisingly little-noticed Romantic visual narratives.” ―Professor John Gardner, Anglia Ruskin university, UK
From the Back Cover This book will be the first dedicated study of the remarkable role of Georgian caricature in the equally remarkable Queen Caroline controversy of 1820-21. When the newly crowned George IV, formerly the Prince of Wales, refused to recognise his estranged wife Caroline as the rightful queen of the Britain, her refusal to rescind her claim to the throne provoked a huge campaign of sympathy and support that almost toppled the government. The British people rallied round the ‘injured’ queen in their hundreds of thousands, and massed rallies, processions, protests and petitioning became daily news.The Queen Caroline controversy was the zenith of the ‘Golden Age’ of caricature, a tour-de-force of imagination, wit, inventiveness and sheer political mischief. In image after image, Caroline triumphs over her cowardly and conniving enemies, subverting gender and political hierarchies, and giving a presence and voice to her unenfranchised followers. This book therefore aims to chronicle and analyse this achievement' with a mention of the number and quality of the images in the book, as this is one of its great features: eg something like: 'Containing over 50 beautifully reproduced colour images, this book......'Ian Haywood is Professor of English at the University of Roehampton, UK.
About the Author Ian Haywood is Professor of English at the University of Roehampton, UK.
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