Loyal Subversion? : Caricatures from the Personal Union Between England and Hanover 1714-1837

Kremers, Anorthe (EDT); Reich, Elisabeth (EDT)

ISBN 10: 3525301677 / ISBN 13: 9783525301678

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Loyal Subversion? : Caricatures from the Personal Union Between England and Hanover 1714-1837
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3525301677
• ISBN 13: 9783525301678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The political constellation of the personal union between England and Hanover lasted for 123 years. The figure of a foreign king became a determining factor and was in itself a historical condition for the emergence and the development of caricatures in England after the Glorious Revolution. The contributors of the volume show that, as a political weapon of the opposition and as an institution of public opinion, the caricatures affected the establishment. Is the visual criticism of the rulers more than a loyal subversion of their subjects?

About the Author

Elisabeth Reich is Scientific Assistant at the Wilhelm Busch - Deutsches Museum fur Karikatur und Zeichenkunst in Hanover, Germany. Anorthe Kremers is Vice Head of the Conferences & Symposia department at the Volkswagen Foundation, based in Hanover.