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[[Image:Traité des trois imposteurs.gif|right|thumb|200px|''[[Traité des trois imposteurs]]'' by [[Anonymity in publishing|anonymous]] (date unknown, edition shown [[1777]])]] [[Image:Traité des trois imposteurs.gif|right|thumb|200px|''[[Traité des trois imposteurs]]'' by [[Anonymity in publishing|anonymous]] (date unknown, edition shown [[1777]])]]
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The first classic of modern erotic literature, ''[[L'École des filles ]]'' of 1655 -- like so many similar works after it -- was [[published]] [[anonymous]]ly. Anonymous [[pamphlet]]s played an important role in the political culture of eighteenth century France. In ''[[Forbidden Bestsellers]]'' [[Robert Darnton]] points out that some of the most radical printed texts of the [[Enlightenment]] had no author. "They were the public discussing. They expressed the ''on dit'', or talk of the town. [[Pierre Marteau]] for instance, was one of those [[clandestine]] [[publisher]]s. The first classic of modern erotic literature, ''[[L'École des filles ]]'' of 1655 -- like so many similar works after it -- was [[published]] [[anonymous]]ly. Anonymous [[pamphlet]]s played an important role in the political culture of eighteenth century France. In ''[[Forbidden Bestsellers]]'' [[Robert Darnton]] points out that some of the most radical printed texts of the [[Enlightenment]] had no author. "They were the public discussing. They expressed the ''on dit'', or talk of the town. [[Pierre Marteau]] for instance, was one of those [[clandestine]] [[publisher]]s.

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The first classic of modern erotic literature, L'École des filles of 1655 -- like so many similar works after it -- was published anonymously. Anonymous pamphlets played an important role in the political culture of eighteenth century France. In Forbidden Bestsellers Robert Darnton points out that some of the most radical printed texts of the Enlightenment had no author. "They were the public discussing. They expressed the on dit, or talk of the town. Pierre Marteau for instance, was one of those clandestine publishers.

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