Mademoiselle Bonafon and the Private Life of Louis XV
Communication Circuits in Eighteenth-Century France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Darnton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 102-124 |
| Publication date | 2004-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2004.87.1.102 |
| OpenAlex | W2126699429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In 1745 a chambermaid in Versailles was shut up in the Bastille for publishing a roman à clef about the sex life of Louis XV. In attempting to get to the bottom of the case, the police uncovered some remarkable information about how oral media and print culture intersected. Their investigation opens up some broad issues related to the history of women, authorship, reading, and public opinion
Art · Art history · Clef · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Private life · Public opinion · Publishing · Reading (process · Sociology · Engineering · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |