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Darnton, Robert

Overview
Works: 240 works in 887 publications in 14 languages and 25,102 library holdings
Genres: History  Criticism, interpretation, etc  Bibliography  Folklore 
Roles: Author, Host, Editor, Author of introduction, Director, Conceptor, Interviewee, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Other, Honoree, Originator, 605
Classifications: DC33.4, 944.034
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The great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history by Robert Darnton( Book )

97 editions published between 1983 and 2013 in 13 languages and held by 2,442 WorldCat member 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
The case for books : past, present, and future by Robert Darnton( Book )

29 editions published between 2009 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,969 WorldCat member 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
The business of enlightenment : a publishing history of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 by Robert Darnton( Book )

68 editions published between 1979 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,497 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Analyse: Concerne aussi la Société typographique de Neuchâtel
Mesmerism and the end of the Enlightenment in France by Robert Darnton( Book )

45 editions published between 1968 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Berlin journal, 1989-1990 by Robert Darnton( Book )

30 editions published between 1990 and 1993 in 6 languages and held by 1,219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Index. Includes declaration of German guilt: p.283
The literary underground of the Old Regime by Robert Darnton( Book )

45 editions published between 1982 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Analyse: Nombreux renseignements sur le commerce clandestin de livres entre la France et, entre autres, la Société typographique de Neuchâtel
The forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary France by Robert Darnton( Book )

41 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Salacious, blasphemous, treasonous, these illegal best-sellers formed a crucial part of the culture of dissent in the Old Regime. They intersected with gossip, rumors, jokes, songs, graffiti, posters, pasquinades, broadsides, letters, and journals, all of which coalesced in a political folklore that powerfully portrayed an illegitimate regime. Events and public opinion compounded each other in an increasingly revolutionary brew
The kiss of Lamourette : reflections in cultural history by Robert Darnton( Book )

21 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,140 WorldCat member 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
George Washington's false teeth : an unconventional guide to the eighteenth century by Robert Darnton( Book )

12 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in English and Chinese and held by 996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of articles concentrated on the Enlightenment in France argues for a scaled-down interpretation of the significance of the movement
Revolution in print : the press in France, 1775-1800 by Robert Darnion( Book )

13 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 749 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Censors at work : how states shaped literature by Robert Darnton( Book )

10 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

With his uncanny ability to spark life in the past, Robert Darnton re-creates three historical worlds in which censorship shaped literary expression in distinctive ways. In eighteenth-century France, censors, authors, and booksellers collaborated in making literature by navigating the intricate culture of royal privilege. Even as the king's censors outlawed works by Voltaire, Rousseau, and other celebrated Enlightenment writers, the head censor himself incubated Diderot's great Encyclopedie by hiding the banned project's papers in his Paris townhouse. Relationships at court trumped principle in the Old Regime. Shaken by the Sepoy uprising in 1857, the British Raj undertook a vast surveillance of every aspect of Indian life, including its literary output. Years later the outrage stirred by the British partition of Bengal led the Raj to put this knowledge to use. Seeking to suppress Indian publications that it deemed seditious, the British held hearings in which literary criticism led to prison sentences. Their efforts to meld imperial power and liberal principle fed a growing Indian opposition. In Communist East Germany, censorship was a component of the party program to engineer society. Behind the unmarked office doors of Ninety Clara-Zetkin Street in East Berlin, censors developed annual plans for literature in negotiation with high party officials and prominent writers. A system so pervasive that it lodged inside the authors' heads as self-censorship, it left visible scars in the nation's literature. By rooting censorship in the particulars of history, Darnton's revealing study enables us to think more clearly about efforts to control expression past and present
The widening circle : essays on the circulation of literature in eighteenth-century Europe by Robert Darnton( Book )

9 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 673 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon by Robert Darnton( Book )

19 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and French and held by 636 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Slander has always been a nasty business, Robert Darnton notes, but that is no reason to consider it a topic unworthy 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, The Devil 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
Poetry and the police : communication networks in eighteenth-century Paris by Robert Darnton( Book )

13 editions published between 2010 and 2014 in English and French and held by 491 WorldCat member 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
The corpus of clandestine literature in France, 1769-1789 by Robert Darnton( Book )

10 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 463 WorldCat member 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
Bohème littéraire et révolution : le monde des livres au XVIIIe siècle by Robert Darnton( Book )

16 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in French and held by 321 WorldCat member 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
Édition et sédition : l'univers de la littérature clandestine au XVIIIe siècle by Robert Darnton( Book )

10 editions published in 1991 in French and Italian and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Analyse: La littérature clandestine du XVIIIe siècle est analysée sur la base des archives de la Société typographique de Neuchâtel (STN)
Gens de lettres, gens du livre by Robert Darnton( Book )

21 editions published between 1991 and 1993 in French and Italian and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Analyse: Voir le chapitre 10, sur la publication de "Le système de la nature" par la Société typographique de Neuchâtel
What was revolutionary about the French Revolution? by Robert Darnton( Book )

6 editions published between 1990 and 1995 in English and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Into print : limits and legacies of the Enlightenment : essays in honor of Robert Darnton( Book )

5 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A collection of essays examining how print culture shaped the legacy of the Enlightenment. Explores the challenges, contradictions, and dilemmas modern European societies have encountered since the eighteenth century in trying to define, spread, and realize Enlightenment ideas and values"--Provided by publisher
 
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The case for books : past, present, and future
Alternative Names
Darnton, Robert Choate 1939-

Robert Darnton amerikansk historikar og bibliotekar

Robert Darnton amerikansk historiker och bibliotekarie

Robert Darnton amerikansk historiker og bibliotekar

Robert Darnton historien amricain

Robert Darnton storico statunitense

Robert Darnton US-amerikanischer Historiker

Дарнтон, Роберт

Дарнтон, Роберт 1939-

Робърт Дарнтън

ダーントン, ロバート

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The case for books : past, present, and futureThe business of enlightenment : a publishing history of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800Mesmerism and the end of the Enlightenment in FranceBerlin journal, 1989-1990The literary underground of the Old RegimeThe forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary FranceGeorge Washington's false teeth : an unconventional guide to the eighteenth centuryThe devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
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