George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron

by Vincent Carretta

Book Overview

King George III inherited two legacies from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660: his crown and a tradition of regal satire. As the last British monarch who fully ruled as well as reigned and as the last king of America, George III was the target of constant satiric attacks even before he came to the throne in 1760 and for years after his death in 1820.

An interdisciplinary and intercontinental study, this book examines the political satiric...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820311464
• ISBN13: 9780820311463
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 389 Pages