{"product_id":"poetry-and-the-police-communication-networks-in-eighteenth-century-paris-paperback-2","title":"Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Darnton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHélène Delavault\u003c\/b\u003e (Performed by), \u003cb\u003eClaude Pavy\u003c\/b\u003e (Performed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We are given a vivid sense of how songs were circulated and performed on the streets of Paris...Darnton has opened up another rich vein of research in the eighteenth century.\" --\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn spring 1749, François Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself unexpectedly hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an \"abominable poem about the king.\" So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this captivating book, Robert Darnton follows the poems as they passed through several media: copied on scraps of paper, dictated from one person to another, memorized and declaimed to an audience. But the most effective dispersal occurred through music, when poems were sung to familiar tunes. Lyrics often referred to current events or revealed popular attitudes toward the royal court. The songs provided a running commentary on public affairs, and Darnton brilliantly traces how the lyrics fit into song cycles that carried messages through the streets of Paris during a period of rising discontent. He uncovers a complex communication network, illuminating the way information circulated in a semi-literate society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This lucid and entertaining book reminds us of both the importance of oral exchanges in the history of communication and the power of \"viral\" networks long before our internet age.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of the University Library, Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762307784901,"sku":"9780674066045","price":54.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/rS23Wfhyf9780674066045.webp?v=1781262892","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/poetry-and-the-police-communication-networks-in-eighteenth-century-paris-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}