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Overview"The calculated use of media by those in power is a phenomenon dating back at least to the seventeenth century, as Harold Weber demonstrates in this illuminating study of the relation of print culture to kingship under England's Charles II. Seventeenth-century London witnessed an enormous expansion of the print trade, and with this expansion came a revolutionary change in the relation between political authority -- especially the monarchy -- and the printed word. Weber argues that Charles' reign was characterized by a particularly fluid relationship between print and power. The press helped bring about both the deconsecration of divine monarchy and the formation of a new public sphere, but these processes did not result in the progressive decay of royal authority. Charles fashioned his own semiotics of power out of the political transformations that had turned his world upside down. By linking diverse and unusual topics -- the escape of Charles from Worcester, the royal ability to heal scrofula, the sexual escapades of the ""merry monarch,"" and the trial and execution of Stephen College -- Weber reveals the means by which Charles took advantage of a print industry instrumental to the creation of a new dispensation of power, one in which the state dominates the individual through the supplementary relationship between signs and violence. Weber's study brings into sharp relief the conflicts involving public authority and printed discourse, social hierarchy and print culture, and authorial identity and responsibility -- conflicts that helped shape the modern state." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harold M. WeberPublisher: The University Press of Kentucky Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780813119298ISBN 10: 0813119294 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 02 November 1995 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsCriticismLeads us through a rich array of hitherto unexamined texts -- escape narratives, healing rituals, trials, anonymous poems, diary entries -- during a crucial moment of change in English history. -- Modern Philology <p> CriticismLeads us through a rich array of hitherto unexamined texts -- escape narratives, healing rituals, trials, anonymous poems, diary entries -- during a crucial moment of change in English history. -- Modern Philology Leads us through a rich array of hitherto unexamined texts -- escape narratives, healing rituals, trials, anonymous poems, diary entries -- during a crucial moment of change in English history. -- Modern Philology Author InformationHarold M. Weber is associate professor of English at the University of Alabama. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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