It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by MARC Bot
September 30, 2020 | History
Edit

Robert Darnton

Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France.

He was director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016.

Source: Robert Darnton on Wikipedia.

Photo of Robert Darnton

Born 10 May 1939

56 works Add another?

Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?

  • Cover of: Mesmerism and the end of the enlightenment in France

    Cover of edition mesmerismendenli00darn First published in 1968 — 7 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary France

    Cover of edition forbiddenbestsel0000darn_r6h1 Cover of edition forbiddenbestsel00darn First published in 1995 — 6 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history

    Cover of edition greatcatmassacre00darnrich Cover of edition greatcatmassacre00darn_403 First published in 1984 — 5 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The kiss of Lamourette: reflections in cultural history

    First published in 1990 — 5 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The business of enlightenment

    Cover of edition businessenlighte00darn First published in 1979 — 4 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The great cat massacre: and other episodes in French cultural history

    First published in 1984 — 4 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The Literary underground of the Old Regime

    First published in 1982 — 3 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The case for books: past, present, future

    Cover of edition caseforbookspastp00darn First published in 2009 — 3 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Media & Political Culture in the Eighteenth Century

    First published in 2004 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: El Coloquio de Los Lectores

    First published in 2003 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: La fin des lumières

    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Mesmerism and the end of the enlightenment in France

    Cover of edition AboveTheBattleWar-makingInAmericaFromAppomattoxToVersailles First published in 1968 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Read/Write Book: Le livre inscriptible

    First published in 2009 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The widening circle: essays on the circulation of literature in eighteenth-century Europe

    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon

    First published in 2009 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: L' édition neuchâteloise au siècle des Lumières: la Société typographique de Neuchâtel, 1769-1789 : recueil d'études

    First published in 2002 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A literary Tour de France

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Worlds of Print

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Fin des lumières: le Mesmerisme et la révolution

    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
Photo of Robert Darnton

Born 10 May 1939

Subjects

History, History and criticism, Books and reading, Underground literature, French literature, Publishers and publishing, Histoire, Intellectual life, French literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Politics and government, Publishing, Authors and publishers, Boekwezen, Books, Civilization, Enlightenment, France, Influence, Law and literature, Libel and slander, Libel and slander in literature, Literature and society, Livres et lecture, Political culture, 18th century

Places

France, Neuchâtel, Paris, Paris (France), Switzerland, Berlijn, Berlin (Germany), Europe, Germany (East), Great Britain, Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

People

Franz Anton Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815)

Time

18th century, Revolution, 1789-1799, 1715-1789, 17th century, 17th-18th centuries, 18e siècle, 18e s. (fin), 1945-1990, 1989-1990, 20th century

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

No links yet. Add one?

Alternative names

  • Robert F. Darnton
  • Robert Darnton
  • R. F. Darnton

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
October 11, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Added a short bio from Wikipedia
October 11, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Added new photo
May 24, 2017 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import