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The Literary Underground of the Old Regime

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 | #1197793 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  1985-10-15 |  1985-11-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.58 x6.14l,.87 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| Very Good|By R. Albin|This well written book is a set of linked essays on the literary underground of pre-Revolutionary France. Darnton was fortunate to discover a treasure trove of archival materials in the form of business records and correspondence of a major 18th century Swiss publisher producing for the French Market. The French book market was controlled by a combinat| |This is splendid historical writing...Darnton [has] a well-justified reputation as one of the most original contributors to our understanding of life in pre-revolutionary Paris...What Darnton says about the writers is necessary to understanding the revolutiona

Robert Darnton introduces us to the shadowy world of pirate publishers, garret scribblers, under-the-cloak book peddlers, smugglers, and police spies that composed the literary underground of the Enlightenment.

Here are the ambitious writers who crowded into Paris seeking fame and fortune within the Republic of Letters, but who instead sank into the miserable world of Grub Street-victims of a closed world of protection and privilege. Venting their frustrations i...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Literary Underground of the Old Regime   |  Robert Darnton. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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