Imagining the King''s Death - Figurative Treason, Fantasies of Regicide, 1793-1796

Zusatztext The detail is meticulous and the account magisterial ... Barrell's grasp of legal argument and distortion, his detailed reconstruction of the activities of the reformers and those who sought to restrain them, and his literary eye for ambiguity and rhetorical play make the book a magnificent achievement. Informationen zum Autor John Barrell is Professor of English and Co-Director, Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York Zusammenfassung It is high treason in British law to imagine the king's death. But after the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, everyone in Britain must have found themselves imagining that the same fate might befall George III. How easy was it to distinguish between fantasising about the death of George and 'imagining' it, in the legal sense of 'intending' or 'designing'?

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• Authors: John Barrell, John (Professor of English and Co-Directo Barrell, John (Professor of English and Co-Director Barrell, Barrell John
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2000
• EAN: 9780198112921
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811292-1
• No. of pages: 756
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, C 1700 To C 1800