Poetry and the police communication networks in eighteenth-century Paris

Poetry and the police : communication networks in eighteenth-century Paris / Robert Darnton.

Author/creator	Darnton, Robert
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Description	vi, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Political culture--France --Paris --History --18th century. Communication in politics--France --Paris --History --18th century. Information networks--France --Paris --History --18th century. Political poetry, French--History and criticism. Street music--France --Paris --History and criticism. Police--France --Paris --History --18th century. Political activists--France --Paris --History --18th century. Paris (France)--History --1715-1789. Paris (France)--Politics and government --18th century. Paris (France)--Social conditions --18th century.

Contents	Policing a poem -- A conundrum -- A communication network -- Ideological danger? -- Court politics -- Crime and punishment -- A missing dimension -- The larger context -- Poetry and politics -- Song -- Music -- Chansonniers -- Reception -- A diagnosis -- Public opinion -- The songs and poems distributed by the Fourteen -- Texts of "Qu'une batarde de catin" -- Poetry and the fall of Maurepas -- The trail of the Fourteen -- The popularity of tunes -- An electronic cabaret : Paris street songs, 1748-1750.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-209) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010026303
ISBN	9780674057159 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0674057155 (alk. paper)

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