The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789 - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393332674ISBN-10:393332675UPC:9780393332674Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, EuropeBook Topic:French, FranceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SC3241YMJB
The world of illegal publishing in eighteenth-century France was large and varied, taking in the greatest works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Diderot, as well as the scandalous books of grub street writers. Here we have a map of that world, constructed by Robert Darnton based on his many years of research in the field. Darnton shows us the scope of this literary underground with a complete bibliography of the hundreds of books that circulated "under the cloak." He documents their geographical distribution throughout France, and measures the levels of demand for these books. By ranking these levels of demand he compiles a bestseller list of illegal books, with surprising results.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393332674ISBN-10:393332675UPC:9780393332674Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, EuropeBook Topic:French, FranceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SC3241YMJB
Darnton, Robert: - Robert Darnton is the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Emeritus and University Librarian Emeritus at Harvard University. His honors include a MacArthur Prize, the National Humanities Medal, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and election to the French Legion of Honor. He is the author of Censors at Work, The Great Cat Massacre, and The Forbidden Bestsellers of Pre-Revolutionary France, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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