Notorious facts : publicity in romantic England, 1780-1830 / James Mulvihill.

Author/creator Mulvihill, James
Format Book
Publication InfoNewark : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Md. : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, ©2011.
Descriptionxxv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Popular culture--England. --History.
Romanticism--England. --History.
Publicity--England. --History.
Scandals--England. --History.
Libel and slander--England. --History.
English literature--18th century. --History and criticism.
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Sensationalism in literature--History and criticism.
England--Intellectual life. --18th century.
England--Intellectual life. --19th century.

Contents Libelous truths : power and publicity -- Three English perspectives -- An essay on the evils of scandal, slander, and misrepresentation -- Jeremy Bentham : "An essay on political tactics" -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge : the friend -- Three pamphlet controversies -- Secret influence, public ruin! -- Matter of fact for the multitude -- A few cursory remarks upon the state of parties -- English libel law : the King v. John and Leigh Hunt -- Regal obsessions : scandal and the Prince of Wales -- Men versus measures -- The Fitzherbert affair -- John Horne Tooke : a letter to a friend -- Philip Withers and the Alfred pamphlets -- The Jefferys affair -- The delicate investigation -- Nathaniel Jefferys : a review of the conduct of the Prince of Wales -- Secret histories : the popular idiom of exposure secret history and publicity -- Royal revelations -- Thomas Ashe : the spirit of "the book" -- Mary Anne Clarke : Minutes of evidence and The rival princes -- Napoleonic disclosures -- The exposé, or, Napoleon Buonaparte unmasked (1809) -- The secret history of the cabinet of Bonaparte (1810) -- Historic doubts relative to Napoleon Buonaparte (1819) -- Green room exposés -- Joseph Haslewood, The secret history of the green-room -- Edwin versus McCready -- Celebrity turns : William Hazlitt and the Reverend Edward Irving -- William Hazlitt -- "Whether actors ought to sit in the boxes" -- Liber amoris -- The spirit of the age -- Edward Irving -- Hazlitt on Irving -- Ministry and media -- Dangerous preaching -- Afterword.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 157-188) and index.
LCCN 2011030206
ISBN9781611493467 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1611493463 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781611493474 (electronic)
ISBN1611493471 (electronic)

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Joyner General Stacks DA485 .M85 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold