The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
2010
840.9 D223 2010
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Title
The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
Variant Title
Art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.
Description
viii, 534 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
840.9 D223 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)320800451
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-518) and index.
Contents: pt. I. Interlocking libels. The armor-plated gazetteer -- The devil in the holy water -- The Parisian police unveiled -- The secret life of Pierre Manuel -- The end of the line -- pt. II. Politics and police work. Slander and politics -- The book police at work -- A double agent and his authors -- Secret missions -- Hugger-mugger -- Entrapment -- The view from Versailles -- The devil in the Bastille -- Bohemians before Bohemianism -- The Grub Street route to revolution -- Slander into terror -- Words and deeds -- Postscript, 1802 -- pt. III. The literature of libel : basic ingredients. The nature of libels -- Anecdotes -- Portraits -- News -- pt. IV. The literature of libel : private lives. Revolutionary metamorphoses -- Sex and politics -- Decadence and despotism -- Royal depravity -- Private lives and public affairs -- Conclusion.
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Contents: pt. I. Interlocking libels. The armor-plated gazetteer -- The devil in the holy water -- The Parisian police unveiled -- The secret life of Pierre Manuel -- The end of the line -- pt. II. Politics and police work. Slander and politics -- The book police at work -- A double agent and his authors -- Secret missions -- Hugger-mugger -- Entrapment -- The view from Versailles -- The devil in the Bastille -- Bohemians before Bohemianism -- The Grub Street route to revolution -- Slander into terror -- Words and deeds -- Postscript, 1802 -- pt. III. The literature of libel : basic ingredients. The nature of libels -- Anecdotes -- Portraits -- News -- pt. IV. The literature of libel : private lives. Revolutionary metamorphoses -- Sex and politics -- Decadence and despotism -- Royal depravity -- Private lives and public affairs -- Conclusion.
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