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The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France

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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert DarntonPublish date:1996-04-17Pages:466
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393314427ISBN-10:393314421UPC:9780393314427Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, EuropeBook Topic:French, FranceAward:1995 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner - Criticism AwardSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC91SEJFCQ

The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France

His latest book vibrates with the strange political and literary energies of ancien régime France. The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France traces the merging of philosophical, sexual, and anti-monarchical interests into the pulp fiction of the 1780s, banned books that make fascinating reading more than two centuries later.

French literature of the eighteenth century means to us...

Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393314427ISBN-10:393314421UPC:9780393314427Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, EuropeBook Topic:French, FranceAward:1995 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner - Criticism AwardSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC91SEJFCQ
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...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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🏆 1995 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner - Criticism Award

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Robert Darnton

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