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The forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary France

The forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary France
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ISBN 0002558351 (pbk.)
9780002558358 (pbk.)
Author Darnton, Robert
Title The forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary France / [by] Robert Darnton
Publisher London : Fontana Press, 1997
Physical desc. xxiii, 440 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note First published: London : HarperCollins, 1996.
"The companion volume to this book is: The corpus of clandestine literature in France, 1769-1789, published by W.W. Norton & Company" -- fly-leaf (p. [ix]).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-428) and index.
Contents Pt. 1: Forbidden literature and the literary market. Philosophy under the cloak -- Best-sellers -- Pt. 2: Key texts. Philosophical pornography -- Utopian fantasy -- Political slander -- Pt. 3: Do books cause revolutions? Diffusion vs. discourse -- Communication networks -- The history of political libel -- Reader response -- Public opinion -- Pt. 4: 'Philosophical books': a short anthology. Thérese Philosophe, ou mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du P. Dirrag et de Mlle Eradice (Thérese Philosophe, or, Memoirs about the affair between Father Dirrag and Mademoiselle Eradice) -- L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante, rêve s'il en fût jamais (The year 2440: a dream if ever there was one) -- Anecdotes sur Mme la comtesse du Barry (Anecdotes about Mme la comtesse du Barry).
Subject Best sellers -- France -- History -- 18th century
Popular literature -- France -- History and criticism
Books and reading -- France -- History -- 18th century
French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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