Image Government: Monarchical Metamorphoses in English Literary Studies and Art, 1649-1702

Published in 2001 | 256 pages | cloth | ISBN: 978-0-8207-0326-8 Note: This book is currently out of print, however a reprint may be possible for faculty/class adoptions, subject to minimum quantities. Please contact our print and fulfillment partner XanEdu Custom Publishing for more information: (800) 218-5971 ext. 8000. Reviews: “This book will be of great value to advanced students of English Literary Studies thanks to the author's magisterial command of the primary source materials, out of which he crafts most of his text.” — Sixteenth Century Journal  Book Information: Image Government shows how the art of the spin-doctor was widely practiced in the second half of the seventeenth century. The author uses the work of authors such as Edmund Waller and painters such as Antonio Verrio to illuminate the changing ideologies of the late Stuart era and the way in which ideas about sovereignty were expressed by artists. Image Government traces some of the cranks and windings, ebbings and fl