The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Darnton, Robert, 1939- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press c2010
Colección:Material texts
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.