Arts and Arms: Literature, Politics and Patriotism During the Seven Years WarProtagonists featured include: William Pitt; Henry Fox; the Duke of Newcastle; Lord Bute; George II and III; and Britain's ally Frederick II of Prussia. By placing literary works in a close political context they test the accuracy of the information conveyed against the correspondence and memoirs of politicians and parliamentary debates. The degree to which literature not only recorded, but also helped to shape political attitudes, is explored by its interaction with these and other expressions of opinion, such as popular protest and extra-parliamentary initiatives. |
Contents
a literarypolitical culture1 | 1 |
Ballad singers outside the Fleet prisonpage | 4 |
The hungry mob of scriblers and etchers6 | 6 |
The grumblers of Great Britain12 | 12 |
Pelhams death Pitt and patriotism17 | 17 |
Byng and the fall of Minorca46 | 46 |
Cabin council A late epistle to Mr Cleveland53 | 53 |
Minorca the Newcastle ministry and the failures of war73 | 73 |
The ballance171 | 171 |
Adml Byngs last chance177 | 177 |
The PittNewcastle ministry185 | 185 |
Patriotism rewarded189 | 189 |
The recruiting serjeant193 | 193 |
North America and Germany209 | 209 |
The triumph of Caesar216 | 216 |
Pitt patriotism and the peace239 | 239 |
Birdlime for bunglers77 | 77 |
A court conversation87 | 87 |
The American moosedeer96 | 96 |
Patriotism resurrected103 | 103 |
The Kentish outlaws110 | 110 |
The English lion dismemberd117 | 117 |
The collapse of the Newcastle ministry127 | 127 |
The downfall140 | 140 |
The fox goose142 | 142 |
The rise of Pitt151 | 151 |
The applied censure246 | 246 |
The medallion253 | 253 |
Sic transit gloria mundi259 | 259 |
The proclamation of proclamations269 | 269 |
PLATE 1 Copyright Guildhall Library Corporation of London | 271 |
Conclusion278 | 278 |
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accused addresses Admiral Byng alliance allies Anson appeared attack attempt ballads Bedford Birch to Royston Blakeney Britain Britannia British Bute Byng's campaign Chesterfield City Commons condemnation conquest continental controversy Corr court critics Cumberland debate defence Dodington emphasised extra-parliamentary fleet Fox's France Frederick II Frederick II's French George II George II's Germany Hanbury Williams Hanover Hanoverian Hardwicke Hardwicke's Hervey honour hostile Ibid Ilchester inspired John John Shebbeare July June King Leicester House literary London Lord Lord Bute Louisbourg Lyttelton Memoirs military militia ministers ministry's Minorca naval Newcastle ministry Newcastle to Hardwicke Newcastle's newspapers North America Old Corps opposition Parliament parliamentary Patriot Policy peace Pitt Pitt's Plutus poem poet political literature political nation political prints popular Prussian Samuel Foote satire Sept Seven Years War Shebbeare speech tion Tories verse victory Waldegrave Walpole to Mann Whig