The Darnton Debate: Books and Revolution in the Eighteenth Century

by Haydn Mason

Book Overview

Ever since Professor Robert Darnton aroused the interest of all Enlightenment scholars with the publication of 'The High Enlightenment and the low-life literature in pre-revolutionary France' in 1971, he has been in the forefront of debate about that period and the French Revolution which followed it. His work has long been an indispensable study for all those who ponder on the nature and evolution of these great movements.
By the mid 1990s,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729406539
• ISBN13: 9780729406536
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 320 Pages