The Satiric Decade

Satire and the Rise of Republicanism in France, 18301840

Amy Wiese Forbes

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Published by Lexington Books A division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 http://www.lexingtonbooks.com Estover Road Plymouth PL6 7PY United Kingdom Copyright 2010 by Lexington Books Chapter 1 is reprinted in expanded form from The Lithographic Conspiracy: How Satire Framed Liberal Political Debate in Nineteenth-Century France, French Politics, Culture and Society 26, no. 2 (Summer 2008): 1650, by permission of French Politics, Culture and Society. Chapter 6 is reprinted from Lets Add the Stomach: Satire, Absurdity, and July Monarchy Politics in Proudhons What Is Property, in French Historical Studies, 24, no. 4 (2001) 679805. Copyright 2001. Used by permission of the publisher, Duke University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Forbes, Amy Wiese, 1964 The satiric decade : satire and the rise of republicanism in France, 18301840 / Amy Wiese Forbes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7391-2945-6 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7391-4327-8 (electronic) 1. FrancePolitics and government18301848. 2. FranceIntellectual life 19th century. 3. Political satire, FrenchHistory and criticism. 4. Republicanism FranceHistory19th century. 5. Political cultureFranceHistory19th century. 6. Popular cultureFranceHistory19th century. 7. CourtsPolitical aspectsFranceHistory19th century. 8. FranceSocial conditions19th century. 9. FranceHistoryLouis Philippe, 18301848. I. Title. DC267.F67 2010 944.063dc22 2009032410 Printed in the United States of America

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Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author Conspiracy Legality Fraud Imposture Charivari Absurdity

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