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Publishing and Cultural Politics in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1810: Volume 12

Publishing and Cultural Politics in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1810: Volume 12

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Series: Studies on the History of Society and Culture

General European History

ISBN10: 0520301935
ISBN13: 9780520301931
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Mar 25 2022
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1789, French revolutionaries initiated a cultural experiment that radically transformed the three basic elements of French literary civilization--authorship, printing, and publishing. In a panoramic analysis, Carla Hesse tells how the Revolution shook the Parisian printing and publishing world from top to bottom, liberating the trade from absolutist institutions and inaugurating a free-market exchange of ideas.

Historians and literary critics have traditionally viewed the French Revolution as a catastrophe for French literary culture. Combing through extensive archival sources, Hesse finds instead that revolutionaries intentionally dismantled the elite literary civilization of the Old Regime to create unprecedented access to the printed word. Exploring the uncharted terrains of popular fiction, authors' rights, and literary life under the Terror, Hesse offers a new perspective on the relationship between democratic revolutions and modern cultural life.

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