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Grub Street Abroad: Aspects of the French Cosmopolitan Press from the Age of Louis XIV to the French Revolution (Lyell...
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by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Sales Rank: 1313749
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 180 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA October 1, 1992
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0198122594
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0198122593
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Product Review
'it offers a thoughtful, critical review of the rapidly expanding History of the Francophone press At the same time the author makes her own contribution to the genre.' Malcolm Crook, Keele University, History Society Bulletin, Sprin 1993
'this is clearly an important book that repays careful consideration, and, in the current jargon, deserves to be read 'intensively' Jeremy Black, University of Durham, French History, Volume 7, No. 2, June 1993
'This work is a more important contribution to the History of the book than the somewhat desultory subtitle might have led one to expect. Professor Eisenstein has added considerably to our understanding of the French Enlightenment.' Haydn Mason, University of Bristol, French Studies, Vol. 47
'There is the basis of an outstandingly important and challenging article in this volume.' Colin Jones, University of Exeter, MLR, 89.2, 1994
'This slim, but dense and highly readable vol. demonstrates with truly impressive erudition the role played by groups outside France in the spread of Enlightenment ideas.' Modern Language Studies, Volume 54 (1992), 1993
'an important complement to other recent work on the press in eighteenth-century France The reaction of readers to this book is likely to be favourable. It is a rich, learned text that no historian of the Enlightenment can afford to overlook. Elizabeth L. Eisenstein's timely reminder to us of the paradoxical centrality of the marginal puts beyond dispute her own credentials as a leading citizen in the 'Republic of Letters'.' Nigel Aston, The Open University, History, No. 256, June 1994
'A major work, which pertinently challenges the long-standing tradition to stress mentalite and sub-cultures at the expense of the History of ideas (notably the impact of the elite). FMLS Vol 9 '94
`she has important remarks to make on the close relationship between early French-language journals and the book.' EHR
Book Description
Eighteenth-century French readers who wanted to keep up with political and literary trends, had to rely on books and journals imported from abroad. French writers, such as Voltaire and Rousseau, also depended on foreign firms to get their works in print. Grub Street Abroad demonstrates the importance of extraterritorial publishing for the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. By placing the periphery at the centre of the stage, it highlights neglected cosmopolitan aspects of the French Enlightenment and points to forces which undercut Bourbon claims of cultural hegemony. Firms serving French markets from abroad are viewed as part of a far-flung communications network which comprised a relatively autonomous, independent field of operations. Topics covered include the publishing and editing of francophone journals and clandestine manuscripts; the emergence of the book review and the editorial board; the reliance of the philosophes upon foreign firms; the cosmopolitan outlook of so-called `Grub Street hacks'.
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