Grub Street Abroad: Aspects of the French Cosmopolitan Press from the Age of Louis XIV to the French Revolution

by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

Eighteenth-century French readers who wanted to keep up with political and literary trends, had to rely on books and journals imported from abroad. French writers, such as Voltaire and Rousseau, also depended on foreign firms to get their works in print. Grub Street Abroad demonstrates the importance of extraterritorial publishing for the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. By placing the periphery at the center of the stage, it highlights neglected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198122594
• ISBN13: 9780198122593
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"