Jones, RW orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-035X (2020) Elizabeth Sheridan's Post‐Celebrity. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 43 (1). pp. 61-78. ISSN 1754-0194
Abstract
This article explores the post‐celebrity career of Elizabeth Sheridan, revealing her involvement in politics and scandal, alongside her experiences of disease, disaster and disappointment. Rather than become merely the object of distant adoration after her marriage, Sheridan entered into ‘secret service' for the Whigs. While her activities are significant, the article focuses on Sheridan's tactical appropriation of ‘privacy'. It was by claiming to be private that Sheridan justified her diverse endeavours. Her dextrous self‐presentation reveals not just the critical importance of privacy but also the ways in which it was deployed within the competing cultures of celebrity and Whig politics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 British Society for Eighteenth‐Century Studies. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jones, R. W. ( 2020) Elizabeth Sheridan's Post‐Celebrity. Journal for Eighteenth‐Century Studies, 43: 61– 78. https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12639, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12639. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Mehitabel Canning; Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Regency Crisis; Whig society; Charles James Fox; letter‐writing; privacy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust RPG-2016-106 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 May 2019 12:51 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1754-0208.12639 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:145741 |