Robert Darnton explores the scandalous literature of libel and the colorful lives of libelers in eighteenth-century France. By doing so he shows how an ideological current eroded authority under the Old Regime and became absorbed in a new, more radical, political culture under Robespierre.
Robert Darnton explores the scandalous literature of libel and the colorful lives of libelers in eighteenth-century France. By doing so he shows how an ideological current eroded authority under the Old Regime and became absorbed in a new, more radical, political culture under Robespierre.
Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library.
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Introduction PART I. INTERLOCKING LIBELS 1. The Armor-Plated Gazetteer 2. The Devil in the Holy Water 3. The Parisian Police Unveiled 4. The Secret Life of Pierre Manuel 5. The End of the Line 6. Bibliography and Iconography 7. Reading PART II. POLITICS AND POLICE WORK 8. Slander and Politics 9. The Book Police at Work 10. A Double Agent and His Authors 11. Secret Missions 12. Hugger-Mugger 13. Entrapment 14. The View from Versailles 15. The Devil in the Bastille 16. Bohemians Before Bohemianism 17. The Grub Street Route to Revolution 18. Slander into Terror 19. Words and Deeds 20. Postscript, 1802 PART III. THE LITERATURE OF LIBEL: BASIC INGREDIENTS 21. The Nature of Libels 22. Anecdotes 23. Portraits 24. News PART IV. THE LITERATURE OF LIBEL: PRIVATE LIVES 25. Revolutionary Metamorphoses 26. Sex and Politics 27. Decadence and Despotism 28. Royal Depravity 29. Private Lives and Public Affairs Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments
Introduction PART I. INTERLOCKING LIBELS 1. The Armor-Plated Gazetteer 2. The Devil in the Holy Water 3. The Parisian Police Unveiled 4. The Secret Life of Pierre Manuel 5. The End of the Line 6. Bibliography and Iconography 7. Reading PART II. POLITICS AND POLICE WORK 8. Slander and Politics 9. The Book Police at Work 10. A Double Agent and His Authors 11. Secret Missions 12. Hugger-Mugger 13. Entrapment 14. The View from Versailles 15. The Devil in the Bastille 16. Bohemians Before Bohemianism 17. The Grub Street Route to Revolution 18. Slander into Terror 19. Words and Deeds 20. Postscript, 1802 PART III. THE LITERATURE OF LIBEL: BASIC INGREDIENTS 21. The Nature of Libels 22. Anecdotes 23. Portraits 24. News PART IV. THE LITERATURE OF LIBEL: PRIVATE LIVES 25. Revolutionary Metamorphoses 26. Sex and Politics 27. Decadence and Despotism 28. Royal Depravity 29. Private Lives and Public Affairs Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments
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