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The invention of free press = writers and censorship in eighteenth century Europe /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The invention of free press/ by Edoardo Tortarolo.
Reminder of title:	writers and censorship in eighteenth century Europe /
Author:	Tortarolo, Edoardo.
Published:	Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands : : 2016.,
Description:	xxv, 200 p. :digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Freedom of the press - History - 18th century. - Europe -
Online resource:	http://link.springer.com/openurl.asp?genre=book&isbn=978-94-017-7346-1
ISBN:	9789401773461

The invention of free press = writers and censorship in eighteenth century Europe /
Tortarolo, Edoardo.

The invention of free presswriters and censorship in eighteenth century Europe /[electronic resource] :by Edoardo Tortarolo. - Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :2016. - xxv, 200 p. :digital ;24 cm. - International archives of the history of ideas,2190066-6610 ;. - Archives internationales d'histoire des idees ;206..

1. Introduction -- 2. Was Control of the Press Inevitable? -- 3. The English Paradigm -- 4. The Functional Ambiguity of Censorship and the French Enlightenment -- 5. The Royal Censors as Guarantors of Freedom of the Press -- 6. Equivocations and New Meanings.

Tracking the relationship between the theory of press control and the realities of practicing daily press censorship prior to publication, this volume on the suppression of dissent in early modern Europe tackles a topic with many elusive and under-researched characteristics. Pre-publication censorship was common in absolutist regimes in Catholic and Protestant countries alike, but how effective it was in practice remains open to debate. The Netherlands and England, where critical content segued into outright lampoonery, were unusual for hard-wired press freedoms that arose, respectively, from a highly competitive publishing industry and highly decentralized political institutions. These nations remained extraordinary exceptions to a rule that, for example in France, did not end until the revolution of 1789. Here, the author's European perspective provides a survey of the varying censorship regulations in European nations, as well as the shifting meanings of 'freedom of the press'. The analysis opens up fascinating insights, afforded by careful reading of primary archival sources, into the reactions of censors confronted with manuscripts by authors seeking permission to publish. Tortarolo sets the opinions on censorship of well-known writers, including Voltaire and Montesquieu, alongside the commentary of anonymous censors, allowing us to revisit some common views of eighteenth-century history. How far did these writers, their reasoning stiffened by Enlightenment values, promote dissident views of absolutist monarchies in Europe, and what insights did governments gain from censors' reports into the social tensions brewing under their rule? These questions will excite dedicated researchers, graduate students, and discerning lay readers alike.

ISBN: 9789401773461

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-94-017-7346-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1107014
Freedom of the press
--History--Europe--18th century.

LC Class. No.: Z658.E85 / T6713 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 363.31

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