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Censors at work : how states shaped literature /

With his uncanny ability to spark life in the past, Robert Darnton re-creates three historical worlds in which censorship shaped literary expression in distinctive ways. In eighteenth-century France, censors, authors, and booksellers collaborated in making literature by navigating the intricate cult...

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Main Author:	Darnton, Robert (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Censorship > France > History > 18th century. Censorship > India > History > 19th century. Censorship > Germany (East) > History > 20th century. Literature and state. Censorship. France. Germany (East) India. 1700 - 1999 History.

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