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Queen Caroline and the Power of Caricature in Georgian England

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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. 

List of contents

1. Queen Caroline Comes Home .- 2. A Queen on Trial .- 3. Victory and Popular Coronation .- 4. Backlash .- 5. A Radical End.

About the author

Ian Haywood is Professor of English at the University of Roehampton, UK. 

Summary

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. 

Product details

Authors Ian Haywood
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.11.2023
 
EAN 9783031462238
ISBN 978-3-0-3146223-8
No. of pages 135
Dimensions 148 mm x 12 mm x 210 mm
Illustrations XIII, 135 p. 59 illus., 57 illus. in color.
Series Queenship and Power
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries

Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, Cultural History, Westeuropa, Gender Studies: Gruppen, Monarchy, auseinandersetzen, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Women's History / History of Gender, Queenship, royal scandal, nineteenth-century Britain, George IV

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