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| '''Robert Darnton''' (born [[May 10]], [[1939]]) is an [[USA|American]] [[cultural historian]], recognized as a leading expert on [[eighteenth century]] [[France]]. | '''Robert Darnton''' (born [[May 10]], [[1939]]) is an [[USA|American]] [[cultural historian]], recognized as a leading expert on [[eighteenth century]] [[France]]. | ||
| - | He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1960, attended [[Oxford University]] on a [[Rhodes scholarship]], and earned a Ph.D. (D. Phil.) in history from Oxford in 1964. He worked as reporter at [[The New York Times]] from 1964 to 1965. He was awarded a [[MacArthur Fellowship]] in 1982, and was President of the [[American Historical Association]] in 1987. [[As of 2005]] he is Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of [[European History]] at [[Princeton University]], where he has taught since 1968. | + | Darnton is a pioneer in the growing field of the [[history of the book]]. One of his books is ''[[The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France]]'' (New York: W.W. Norton, 1996). |
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| - | Darnton is a pioneer in the growing field of the [[history of the book]]. One of his books is ''The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France'' (New York: W.W. Norton, 1996). He currently is writing about [[electronic publishing]]. He is founder of the [http://www.historians.org/prizes/gutenberg/index.cfm Gutenberg-e program], sponsored by [[Mellon Foundation]]. | + | |
| In 1999 he was named a Chevalier of the [[Légion d’Honneur]], the highest award given by the French government, in recognition of his work. | In 1999 he was named a Chevalier of the [[Légion d’Honneur]], the highest award given by the French government, in recognition of his work. | ||
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| ==Works== | ==Works== | ||
| *''Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France'' (1968) | *''Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France'' (1968) | ||
| - | *''The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800'' (1979) | + | *''[[The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800]]'' (1979) |
| *''[[The Literary Underground of the Old Regime]]'' (1982) ISBN 0674536576 | *''[[The Literary Underground of the Old Regime]]'' (1982) ISBN 0674536576 | ||
| - | *''The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History'' (1984) | + | *''[[The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History]]'' (1984) |
| *''Revolution in Print: the Press in France 1775-1800'' (1989) edited with [[Daniel Roche]] | *''Revolution in Print: the Press in France 1775-1800'' (1989) edited with [[Daniel Roche]] | ||
| - | *''The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History'' (1989) | + | *''[[The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History]]'' (1989) |
| *''Edition et sédition. L'univers de la littérature clandestine au XVIIIe siècle'' (1991) | *''Edition et sédition. L'univers de la littérature clandestine au XVIIIe siècle'' (1991) | ||
| *''Berlin Journal, 1989-1990'' (1991) | *''Berlin Journal, 1989-1990'' (1991) | ||
| *''Gens de lettres, gens du livre'' (1992) | *''Gens de lettres, gens du livre'' (1992) | ||
| - | *''The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Prerevolutionary France'' (1995) | + | * ''[[The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France]]'' (1995) |
| *''The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789'' (1995) | *''The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789'' (1995) | ||
| *''George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century'' (June 2004) | *''George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century'' (June 2004) | ||
| + | *''The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future. New York: NY Public Affairs''. 2009. ISBN 978-1-58648-826-0. | ||
| + | *''[[The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon]]''. Philadelphia, PA: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8122-4183-9. | ||
| + | *''Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris''. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-674-05715-9. | ||
| + | *''Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature''. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. 2014. ISBN 978-0-393-24229-4. | ||
| + | *''A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution''. Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-514451-2. (author website) | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Neue Kulturgeschichte]] | ||
| + | * [[Republic of Letters]] | ||
| + | * [[Robert Darnton and the historiography of the Enlightenment]] | ||
| + | * [[Libelle (literary genre)]] | ||
| + | * [[The public sphere of the Enlightenment]] | ||
| + | * [[History of the book]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Canon]] | ||
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Robert Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian, recognized as a leading expert on eighteenth century France.
Darnton is a pioneer in the growing field of the history of the book. One of his books is The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France (New York: W.W. Norton, 1996).
In 1999 he was named a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur, the highest award given by the French government, in recognition of his work.
Works
- Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France (1968)
- The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 (1979)
- The Literary Underground of the Old Regime (1982) ISBN 0674536576
- The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (1984)
- Revolution in Print: the Press in France 1775-1800 (1989) edited with Daniel Roche
- The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History (1989)
- Edition et sédition. L'univers de la littérature clandestine au XVIIIe siècle (1991)
- Berlin Journal, 1989-1990 (1991)
- Gens de lettres, gens du livre (1992)
- The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France (1995)
- The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789 (1995)
- George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century (June 2004)
- The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future. New York: NY Public Affairs. 2009. ISBN 978-1-58648-826-0.
- The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon. Philadelphia, PA: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8122-4183-9.
- Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-674-05715-9.
- Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. 2014. ISBN 978-0-393-24229-4.
- A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution. Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-514451-2. (author website)
See also
- Neue Kulturgeschichte
- Republic of Letters
- Robert Darnton and the historiography of the Enlightenment
- Libelle (literary genre)
- The public sphere of the Enlightenment
- History of the book
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