The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
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...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press,
2010
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Material texts
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| Schlagworte: | French literature Underground literature Libel and slander in literature Libel and slander Authors and publishers Publishers and publishing Law and literature Literature and society Französisch Literatur mehr... |
| Umfang: | VIII, 534 S. |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 534 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780812221718 0812221710 9780812241839 0812241835 |