Title Monarchy, print culture, and reverence in early modern England : picturing royal subjects / Stephanie E. Koscak

Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 398 pages) : illustrations. Series Routledge studies in eighteenth-century cultures and societies Routledge studies in eighteenth-century cultures and societies. Contents How to read the king : Charles I's Eikon basilike and Protestant emblematics -- Stuart anamorphosis : visual illusion and sovereign authority -- 'A masterpiece of hocus pocus' : Restoration plots, political enchantment, and visual representation -- Loyalism after licensing : print culture, celebrity, and emotion -- Royal signs, objects of desire, and visual literacy in eighteenth-century London -- Royal pictures as domestic objects : collection, display, and decoration Summary "This study examines how the emergent public sphere and the rapid expansion of visual and textual print impacted the monarchy and loyalism in England between the execution of Charles I and the accession of George II. Utilizing a contextualized and interdisciplinary analysis of visual and material objects and new approaches to textual materiality, it argues that the political endurance and popular appeal of the crown is in part explained by its sophisticated incorporation within cultures of commerce and print that materialized affective bonds between sovereigns and subjects. Koscak demonstrates that images, including emblematic iconography, portrait prints, hanging signs, graphic satire, and playing cards, were fundamental components of later Stuart and early Hanoverian political culture and the public sphere. Despite the fractious nature of party politics, the commercial stigma of the press, and instabilities of partisan meaning, royal texts and images facilitated dynamic and flexible cultures of allegiance. Books, pictures, and material objects invited interpretation and enchantment, and they were treated as repositories of domestic memory, national history, and political reverence"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Stephanie E. Koscak is Assistant Professor of Early Modern British History at Wake Forest University Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 30, 2020) Subject Monarchy -- Great Britain -- Public opinion -- History -- 17th century Monarchy -- Great Britain -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century Monarchy in art. Arts and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Arts and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Politics and culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Politics and culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century HISTORY / General HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain HISTORY / Social History Arts and society Monarchy in art Monarchy -- Public opinion Politics and culture Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019055703 ISBN 9781000038545 1000038548 9780429354618 0429354614 9781000038521 1000038521 9781000038538 100003853X

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