The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection
A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media
Robert Darnton • 73 Items / 15 Books, 39 Articles, 19 Reviews
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[+]The Art of Dying (Review)Death and the Enlightenment, by John McManners- Death and the Enlightenment by John McManners
The New York Review of Books, May 13, 1982, pp. 8-12- Campaign TrailsA few months ago New Forum seemed central to East Germany's political future. Since the...The New Republic, March 26, 1990, pp. 21-25
- Can We Create a National Digital Library?The New York Review of Books, October 28, 2010, pp. 4-5
- [+]Cherchez la Femme (Review)Monsieur d'Eon is a Woman, by Gary Kates
- Monsieur d'Eon is a Woman by Gary Kates
The New York Review of Books, August 10, 1995, pp. 22-23 - [+]Danton and Double-Entendre (Review)Danton (1983 Film), by Andrzej Wajda
- Danton (1983 Film) by Andrzej Wajda
The New York Review of Books, February 16, 1984, pp. 19-24 - [+]Death's Checkered Past (Review)Western Attitudes Towards Death, by Philippe Aries
- Western Attitudes Towards Death by Philippe Aries
The New York Review of Books, June 13, 1974, pp. 11-14 - The Devil in the Holy Water (2009)Or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon3 Reviews, 1 Readable
- Presidential AddressAn Early Information SocietyNews and the Media in Eighteenth-Century ParisThe American Historical Review, February 2000, pp. 1-35
- The Encyclopedie Wars of Prerevolutionary FranceThe American Historical Review, December 1973, pp. 1331-1352
- [+]An Enlightened Revolution? (2 Reviews)The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution, by Roger Chartier
- The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution by Roger Chartier
- Inventing the French Revolution by Keith Michael Baker
The New York Review of Books, October 24, 1991, pp. 33-36 - An Exchange on Mother GooseThe New York Review of Books, May 10, 1984, p. 47
- [+]Extraordinary Commonplaces (2 Reviews)Reading Revolution, by Kevin Sharpe
- Reading Revolution by Kevin Sharpe
- Geoffrey Madan's Notebooks by J.A. Gere, John Sparrow, and Geoffrey Madan
The New York Review of Books, December 21, 2000, pp. 82-89 - The Fall of the House of ArtIn 1937 the Nazi campaign against modernism culminated in an exhibition of 'Degenerate ...The New Republic, May 6, 1991, pp. 27-32
- Forum: Gossiping About GossipThe Harpers Monthly, January 1986, pp. 37-50
- [+]Free Spirit (Review)The Sense of Reality, by Isaiah Berlin and Henry Hardy
- The Sense of Reality by Isaiah Berlin and Henry Hardy
The New York Review of Books, June 26, 1997, pp. 9-11 - [+]French History (3 Reviews)The Case of the Wandering Eye
- Reactions to the French Revolution by Richard Cobb
- The Police and the People by Richard Cobb
- A Second Identity by Richard Cobb
The New York Review of Books, April 5, 1973, pp. 25-29 - George Washington's False TeethThe New York Review of Books, March 27, 1997, pp. 34-38
- Giving New Life to DeathThe New York Review of Books, June 27, 1974, pp. 30-31
- The Good Old DaysThe New York Review of Books, May 16, 1991, pp. 44-48
- Google & Books: An ExchangeThe New York Review of Books, March 26, 2009, p. 49
- Google & the Future of BooksThe New York Review of Books, February 12, 2009, pp. 9-11
- Google & the Future of Books: An ExchangeThe New York Review of Books, January 14, 2010, p. 64
- Google and the New Digital FutureThe New York Review of Books, December 17, 2009, pp. 82-85
- The Google Books Settlement: An ExchangeThe New York Review of Books, February 25, 2010, p. 40
- [+]How to Read a Book (2 Reviews)Forms and Meanings, by Roger Chartier
- Forms and Meanings by Roger Chartier
- Shakespeare, the King's Playwright by Alvin Kernan
The New York Review of Books, June 6, 1996, pp. 52-57 - [+]Hunting for Humanity (Review)The Forbidden Experiment, by Roger Shattuck
- The Forbidden Experiment by Roger Shattuck
The New York Review of Books, May 15, 1980, pp. 3-5 - Leipzip Postcard: CitizensDemocracy goes on parade in the ancient city. But some of the free speech pains the earThe New Republic, January 22, 1990, pp. 14-15
- LettersThe New York Review of Books, October 8, 1981, pp. 49-52
- LettersThe New York Review of Books, July 17, 2008, pp. 52-56
- [+]Looking the Devil in the Face (Review)A Taste for Freedom, by Anka Muhlstein
- A Taste for Freedom by Anka Muhlstein
The New York Review of Books, February 10, 2000, pp. 14-17 - Marxed MenMembers of East Germany's fallen nomenklatura are paying for the perks they once enjoyedThe New Republic, January 1, 1990, pp. 12-14
- The Meaning of Mother GooseThe New York Review of Books, February 2, 1984, pp. 41-46
- The New Age of the BookThe New York Review of Books, March 18, 1999, pp. 5-7
- The Origins of Modern ReadingThe New Republic, February 27, 1984, pp. 26-32
- Poland Rewrites HistoryThe New York Review of Books, July 16, 1981, pp. 6-7
- [+]Pop Foucaultism (Review)Damning the Innocent, by Pierre Darmon
- Damning the Innocent by Pierre Darmon
The New York Review of Books, October 9, 1986, pp. 15-16 - Publishing IV: The Forgotten MiddlemenThe New Republic, September 15, 1986, pp. 44-47
- The Pursuit of HappinessThe Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1995, pp. 42-52
- [+]Reading a Riot (Review)The Vanishing Children of Paris, by Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel
- The Vanishing Children of Paris by Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel
The New York Review of Books, October 22, 1992, pp. 44-46 - Reading, Writing, and Publishing in Eighteenth-Century FranceA Case Study in the Sociology of LiteratureDaedalus, Winter 1971, pp. 214-256
- [+]The Real Marquis (2 Reviews)At Home with the Marquis de Sade, by Francine du Plessix Gray
- At Home with the Marquis de Sade by Francine du Plessix Gray
- Sade by Laurence L. Bongie
The New York Review of Books, January 14, 1999, pp. 19-24 - LettersA response to "The real crisis in the humanities today"The New Criterion, December 1985, pp. 85-94
- [+]Revolution sans Revolutionaries (Review)Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution, by Lynn HuntThe New York Review of Books, January 31, 1985, pp. 21-23
- [+]The Rise of the Writer (Review)Writer and Public in France, by John Lough
- Writer and Public in France by John Lough
The New York Review of Books, May 31, 1979, pp. 26-28 - Sex for ThoughtThe New York Review of Books, December 22, 1994, pp. 65-75
- [+]A Star Is Born (Review)Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Transparency and Obstruction, by Jean Starobinski
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Transparency and Obstruction by Jean Starobinski
The New York Review of Books, October 27, 1988, pp. 84-88 - Stati BesiegedThe East German revolution was entirely peaceful---until it focused on the secret polic...The New Republic, February 12, 1990, pp. 15-17
- A Survival Strategy for Academic AuthorsThe American Scholar, Autumn 1983, pp. 533-536
- Toward a History of ReadingThe Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1989, pp. 86-103
- Toward 'the Digital Public Library of America': An ExchangeThe New York Review of Books, November 25, 2010, p. 61
- The Turning PointErich Honecker faces a choice between dying and going to prison. His party is in only s...The New Republic, February 26, 1990, pp. 23-25
- Vanishing ActFifty-seen years after they last voted, the people of East Germans have said they don't...The New Republic, April 9, 1990, pp. 12-13
- What Is the History of Books?Daedalus, Summer 1982, pp. 65-84
- What Was Revolutionary About the French Revolution?The New York Review of Books, January 19, 1989, pp. 3-10
- [+]What's New About the Old Regime? (Review)The Institutions of France Under the Absolute Monarchy, 1598-1789, by Roland E. Mousnier
- The Institutions of France Under the Absolute Monarchy, 1598-1789 by Roland E. Mousnier
The New York Review of Books, April 3, 1980, pp. 28-29 - [+]Working-Class Casanova (Review)Will and Circumstance, by Norman Hampson
- Will and Circumstance by Norman Hampson
The New York Review of Books, June 28, 1984, pp. 32-37
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