The Literary Underground of the Old Regime by I. R. Darnton, Robert Darnton

France and Culture

The Literary Underground of the Old Regime

I. R. Darnton, Robert Darnton

272 pages paperback 1982

2 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Robert Darnton introduces us to the shadowy world of pirate publishers, garret scribblers, under-the-cloak book peddlers, smugglers, and police spies that composed the literary underground of the Enlightenment.Here are the ambitious writers who cr...

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