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Image government : monarchical metamorphoses in English literature and art, 1649-1702

An examination of the art of political 'spin' in late 17th century England, and how art and literature reflected the changing ideologies of the Stuart era and were used to manipulate political opinion.
Print Book, English, 2001
256 p. ill. 24 cm
9780227679630, 0227679636
1014744204
PrefacePart I1. Prologue2. In Medias Res: Panegyrical Economics3. 'A Deluding Streame' gets Head4. Rendering unto Caesar5. Building upon an Old Frame6. Troubling the Waters - Marvell's First Anniversary7. More directed to the Monarchy than the Person8. Non Angeli sed Angli9. Restoration10. No Force but Love, nor Bond but Bounty11. Indulgent to the Occupant12. Pious Times: Dryden's Absolom and Achitophel13. The Exquisite TruthPart II14. Wonder en is gheen Wonder15. Restoration, Revolution16. 'Bright Maria's Charms'17. Machines and Machines18. Peace and Plenty and Julian the Apostate19. 'Saturnian Times'20. More than Conqueror21. A King Divine by Law and Sense22. 'Cette folle Vanité d'Alexandre'23. Funeral bak'd Meats and Gendres de Mérite24. Retouchings25.'Image Government'PlatesNotesBibliographyIndex