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. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.