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Darnton, Robert

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Works: 227 works in 542 publications in 18 languages and 17,941 library holdings
Roles: Host, Director, Author of introduction, Editor, Conceptor, Interviewee, Other, Originator
Classifications: dc33.4, 944.034
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54 editions published between and 2009 in 13 languages and held by 1,892 libraries worldwide
Examines the history and culture of eighteenth-century France as it provides a view of the people of the cities, towns, and countryside during the Age of Enlightenment.
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5 editions published between and 2010 in English and held by 1,468 libraries worldwide
"In The Case for Books, Robert Darnton offers an in-depth examination of the book from its earliest beginnings to its shifting role today in popular culture, commerce, and the academy. In a lasting collection drawn from previously published and new work alike, Robert Darnton lends unique authority to the life and role of the book in society. The resulting book is a wise work of scholarship - one that requires readers to carefully consider how the digital revolution will broadly affect the marketplace of ideas."--BOOK JACKET.
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11 editions published between and 1991 in English and held by 1,131 libraries worldwide
Examines how the past operates in the present, the operation of the media, the history of the book, and discusses history and the human sciences.
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15 editions published between and 1992 in English and French and held by 1,125 libraries worldwide
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18 editions published between and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 1,085 libraries worldwide
Analyse: Nombreux renseignements sur le commerce clandestin de livres entre la France et, entre autres, la Société typographique de Neuchâtel.
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11 editions published between and 1993 in 4 languages and held by 1,075 libraries worldwide
Index. Includes declaration of German guilt: p.283.
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22 editions published between and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,027 libraries worldwide
What were the ideological origins of the French Revolution? What were the connections between this epochal event and the eighteenth-century revolution in thought, the Enlightenment? How did ideas penetrate politics and society two centuries ago? How does public opinion influence events? To address these big questions in the history of the modern world, the distinguished historian Robert Darnton poses a comparatively small one: What did the French read in the eighteenth century? The answer lies only partially in the canon of the great Enlightenment philosophes: Voltaire, Diderot, Montesquieu, Rousseau. More popular than these works - indeed, the best-sellers of their time - were other books, also banned by the regime, written and sold "under the cloak." These formed a libertine literature that undercut all the orthodox values of the Old Regime.
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4 editions published in in English and held by 1,016 libraries worldwide
A collection of articles concentrated on the Enlightenment in France argues for a scaled-down interpretation of the significance of the movement.
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17 editions published between and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 989 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published in in English and held by 705 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published in in English and held by 442 libraries worldwide
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. Having thoroughly mined the sources, Darnton provides a trove of information on the illegal literature of Old Regime France. The result is an invaluable resource to specialists in French cultural history, the history of the book, the social history of ideas, and problems of censorship and state control of ideas.
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4 editions published between and 2010 in English and held by 437 libraries worldwide
"Slander has always been a nasty business, Robert Darnton notes, but that is no reason to consider it an unworthy topic of inquiry. By destroying reputations, it has often helped to delegitimize regimes and bring down governments. Nowhere has this been more the case than in eighteenth-century France, when a ragtag group of literary libelers flooded the market with works that purported to expose the wicked behavior of the great. Salacious or seditious, outrageous or hilarious, their books and pamphlets claimed to reveal the secret doings of kings and their mistresses, the lewd and extravagant activities of an unpopular foreign-born queen, the affairs of aristocrats and men-about-town as they consorted with servants, monks, and dancing masters. These libels often mixed scandal with detailed accounts of contemporary history and current politics. And though they are now largely forgotten, many sold as well as or better than some of the most famous works of the Enlightenment." "Darnton here weaves a tale so full of intrigue that it may seem too extravagant to be true, although all its details can be confirmed in the archives of the French police and diplomatic service. Part detective story, part revolutionary history, TheDevil in the Holy Water has much to tell us about the nature of authorship and the book trade, about Grub Street journalism and the shaping of public opinion, and about the important work that scurrilous words have done in many times and places."--BOOK JACKET.
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5 editions published in in English and held by 422 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 383 libraries worldwide
In spring 1749, Francois Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself unexpectedly hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an "abominable poem about the king." So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? In this captivating book, Robert Darnton follows the poems as they passed through several media: copied on scraps of paper, dictated from one person to another, memorized and declaimed to an audience. But the most effective dispersal occurred through music, when poems were sung to familiar tunes. Lyrics often referred to current events or revealed popular attitudes toward the royal court. The songs provided a running commentary on public affairs, and Darnton brilliantly traces how the lyrics fit into song cycles that carried messages through the streets of Paris during a period of rising discontent. He uncovers a complex communication network, illuminating the way information circulated in a semi-literate society. This lucid and entertaining book reminds us of both the importance of oral exchanges in the history of communication and the power of "viral" networks long before our internet age. - Publisher.
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5 editions published in in French and held by 287 libraries worldwide
Analyse: La littérature clandestine du XVIIIe siècle est analysée sur la base des archives de la Société typographique de Neuchâtel (STN).
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12 editions published between and 2010 in French and held by 250 libraries worldwide
Cette étude se penche sur la place des écrivains de second ordre dans la préparation de la Révolution française. Le paysage des Lumières, vu des boutiques de libraires ou des officines de la police, à la croisée entre histoire de l'édition et sociologie des auteurs et du public, pose en termes novateurs la question de la lecture et de la vie intellectuelle au XVIIIe siècle.
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11 editions published between and 1993 in French and held by 192 libraries worldwide
Analyse: Voir le chapitre 10, sur la publication de "Le système de la nature" par la Société typographique de Neuchâtel.
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10 editions published between and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 153 libraries worldwide
Analyse: Concerne aussi la Société typographique de Neuchâtel.
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4 editions published between and 2011 in French and held by 15 libraries worldwide
 
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Alternative Names
Darnton, Robert Choate 1939-
Languages
English (227)
French (165)
German (50)
Italian (20)
Spanish (19)
Japanese (18)
Portuguese (18)
Undetermined (7)
Swedish (6)
Chinese (4)
Dutch (4)
Slovenian (3)
Russian (2)
Arabic (1)
Catalan (1)
Hebrew (1)
Korean (1)
Hungarian (1)
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