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Poetry and the Police
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In 1749, Francois Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an abominable poem about the king. So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? This book deals with this topic.
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Poetry and the Police, Robert Darnton
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- 2012
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- Title
- Poetry and the Police
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Darnton
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0674066049
- ISBN13
- 9780674066045
- Category
- Social sciences, History
- Description
- In 1749, Francois Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an abominable poem about the king. So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? This book deals with this topic.