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The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
- Title
- The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon / Robert Darnton.
- Author
- Darnton, Robert.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 534 p., 4 p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Material texts.
- Uniform Title
- Material texts.
- Alternative Title
- Devil in the holy water.
- Subjects
- Law and literature > France > History > 18th century
- French literature > 18th century > History and criticism
- Publishers and publishing > France > History > 18th century
- Literature and society > France > History > 18th century
- Underground literature > Publishing > France > History > 18th century
- Libel and slander in literature
- Authors and publishers > France > History > 18th century
- Libel and slander > France > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Interlocking libels. The armor-plated gazetteer -- The devil in the holy water -- The Parisian police unveiled -- The secret life of Pierre Manuel -- The end of the line -- Politics and police work. Slander and politics -- The book police at work -- A double agent and his authors -- Secret missions -- Hugger-mugger -- Entrapment -- The view from Versailles -- The devil in the Bastille -- Bohemians before Bohemianism -- The Grub Street route to revolution -- Slander into terror -- Words and deeds -- Postscript, 1802 -- The literature of libel : basic ingredients. The nature of libels -- Anecdotes -- Portraits -- News -- The literature of libel : private lives. Revolutionary metamorphoses -- Sex and politics -- Decadence and despotism -- Royal depravity -- Private lives and public affairs -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-3643
- ISBN
- 9780812241839 (alk. paper)
- 0812241835 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009028209
- OCLC
- 320800451
- Author
- Darnton, Robert.
- Title
- The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon / Robert Darnton.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.
- Series
- Material texts.Material texts.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Spine Title
- Devil in the holy water.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-3643