Subversive Words: Public Opinion in Eighteenth-Century France

by Arlette Farge

From the book:

"Paris was fond of stormy weather and emerging toads; the thirst for knowledge was supreme, and the first to read and reread the news were the first to render it with criticism. Authors and readers, great and small, all shared the impression that they were caught between truth and falsehood, and moreover that the 'probable-improbable' they relished so much was being manipulated by the complex strategies of the court, the police...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271014326
• ISBN13: 9780271014326
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"