Trends in radical propaganda on the eve of the French Revolution (1782-1788)

Thesis

This is a study of the character of radical propaganda, an attempt to define the spirit of the radical publications on the eve of the Revolution, not a catalogue of pamphlets, categorizing themes and sub-themes. It deals with the political importance of the propaganda, but essentially it seeks to study the propaganda in itself - its organization, its techniques and its style. It suggests that during the seven years before the Revolution, radical pamphlets were intimately connected with con...

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Authors: Darnton, R

• Publication date: 1964
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-4j6zng875
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adrien Duport; Nicolas Bergasse; Lafayette; religious mysticism; Jean-Pierre Lenoir; Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil; Jacques-Pierre Brissot; Kornmann Group; Gallo-American Society; French history; pamphlets; Antoine-Joseph Gorsas; Charles Alexandre de Calonne; Parlement of Paris; Guillaume Kornmann; Etienne Clavière; mesmerism; Cult of America; propaganda; Jean-Louis Carra; finance
• Subjects: History; Eighteenth-Century Britain and Europe; Political science; Literature (non-English); History of Britain and Europe