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Author:

Darnton, Robert.

Title:

Poetry and the police : communication networks in eighteenth-century Paris / Robert Darnton.

Publisher:

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

vi, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Paris (France)--History--1715-1789.
Paris (France)--Politics and government--18th century.
Paris (France)--Social conditions--18th century.
Political culture--Paris--Paris--History--18th century.
Communication in politics--Paris--Paris--History--18th century.
Information networks--Paris--Paris--History--18th century.
Political poetry, French--History and criticism.
Street music--Paris--Paris--History and criticism.
Police--Paris--Paris--History--18th century.
Political activists--Paris--Paris--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Policing a poem -- A conundrum -- A communication network -- Ideological danger? -- Court politics -- Crime and punishment -- A missing dimension -- The larger context -- Poetry and politics -- Song -- Music -- Chansonniers -- Reception -- A diagnosis -- Public opinion -- The songs and poems distributed by the Fourteen -- Texts of "Qu'une batarde de catin" -- Poetry and the fall of Maurepas -- The trail of the Fourteen -- The popularity of tunes -- An electronic cabaret : Paris street songs, 1748-1750.

ISBN:

0674057155 (alk. paper)
9780674057159 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)555658475

LCCN:

2010026303

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)