Private Lives and Public Affairs: The Causes Célèbres of Prerevolutionary FranceFrom 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution. Many titles in the Voices Revived program are also newly available as ebooks, offered at a discounted price to support wider access to scholarly work. |
Contents
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The Social Imagery of Political Crisis 17711773 | 21 |
The RoseGirl of Salency From Theatricality to Rhetoric | 70 |
Private Lives and Public Affairs UpperClass Scandal 17741778 | 114 |
The Diamond Necklace Affair 17851786 | 169 |
Innocent Blood Avenged Emplotting Judicial Reform 17851786 | 214 |
Domestic Drama and the Social Contract | 265 |
Conclusion | 315 |
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