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Robert Darnton, Historian: "a Whole Generation Wanted to Break Through as a Philosopher or Writer on the Eve of the Revolution"

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In "The Writer Condition", the American historian goes back to certain "writing" careers and provides a precise typology of the literary milieu. This essay concludes fifty years of research.

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Robert Darnton, Historian: "a Whole Generation Wanted to Break Through as a Philosopher or Writer on the Eve of the Revolution"

In "The Writer Condition", the American historian goes back to certain "writing" careers and provides a precise typology of the literary milieu. This essay concludes fifty years of research.

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