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9780393037203

FORBIDDEN BEST-SELLERS OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE

by Unknown
  • ISBN13:

    9780393037203

  • ISBN10:

    0393037207

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1995-01-01
  • Publisher: NORTON

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Summary

Robert Darnton's work is one of the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to our understanding of the past.

Author Biography

Robert Darnton is Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of European History at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Maps, and Figures
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Forbidden Literature and the Literary Market
Philosophy Under the Cloakp. 3
Best-Sellersp. 22
Key Texts
Philosophical Pornographyp. 85
Utopian Fantasyp. 115
Political Slanderp. 137
Do Books Cause Revolutions?
Diffusion vs. Discoursep. 169
Communication Networksp. 181
The History of Political Libelp. 198
Reader Responsep. 217
Public Opinionp. 232
"Philosophical Books": A Short Anthology
Therese Philosophe, ou memoires pour servir a l'histoire du P. Dirrag et de Mlle Eradice (Therese Philosophe, Or, Memoirs About the Affair Between Father Dirrag and Mademoiselle Eradice)p. 249
Probably 1748; probably written by Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens
L'An deux mille quatre cent quarante, reve s'il en fut jamais (The Year 2440: A Dream If Ever There Was One)
"Amsterdam, 1771" Louis-Sebastien Mercierp. 300
Anecdotes sur Mme la comtesse du Barry (Anecdotes About Mme la comtesse du Barry)p. 337
"London, 1775," probably written by Mathieu-Francois Pidansat de Mairobert
Notesp. 391
Indexp. 429
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