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 +"The ''[[The Literary Underground of the Old Regime]]'' introduces us to the shadowy world of [[pirate]] publishers, [[garret]] [[hack writer|scribblers]], [[under-the-cloak]] book peddlers, smugglers, and police spies that composed the [[literary underground]] of the [[Enlightenment]]." --Sholem Stein
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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]].
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*''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)
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*''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)
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 +== 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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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.

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