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QUEEN CAROLINE AND THE PRINT CULTURE OF<br />

REGENCY RADICALISM<br />

A RAINHA CAROLINA E A CULTURA IMPRESSA DO<br />

RADICALISMO DA REGÊNCIA<br />

Georgina Abreu *<br />

georginaabreu@ilch.uminho.pt<br />

One of the most original facets of early nineteenth-century popular radicalism is<br />

the forward-looking and intentionally disruptive character of its print culture. Th is<br />

assessment is drawn from the analysis of the radical journalism and the pamphlet<br />

satire issued in 1820 in the context of the Queen Caroline aff air. Th e ‘unrespectability’<br />

in which radical writers delighted was not the product of a rough culture, but<br />

the creative response to political and cultural marginalisation.<br />

Keywords: Black Dwarf, Political Register, Republican, print culture, radical journalism,<br />

radical periodicals, radical press, Regency radicalism, rhetoric of melodrama,<br />

satiric discourse, satiric pamphlets.<br />

Uma das facetas mais originais <strong>do</strong> radicalismo popular <strong>do</strong> início <strong>do</strong> séc. xix é o<br />

carácter progressista e intencionalmente dissonante da sua cultura impressa. Esta<br />

apreciação decorre da análise <strong>do</strong> jornalismo radical e da sátira textual produzi<strong>do</strong>s<br />

em 1820 no contexto <strong>do</strong> chama<strong>do</strong> ‘Queen Caroline aff air’. A irreverência na qual os<br />

escritores radicais se compraziam não era o produto de uma cultura grosseira, mas<br />

a resposta criativa à marginalização política e cultural.<br />

Palavras-chave: Black Dwarf, Political Register, Republican, cultura impressa, jornalismo<br />

radical, periódicos radicais, imprensa radical, radicalismo da Regência,<br />

discurso melodramático, discurso satírico, sátira textual.<br />

* Researcher at CEHUM – Centre for the Study of the Humanities – University of <strong>Minho</strong>,<br />

Portugal.<br />

<strong>Diacritica</strong> <strong>25</strong>-2_<strong>Filosofia</strong>.<strong>indb</strong> 159 05-01-2012 09:38:27

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