Censorship of Political Caricature in Nineteenth-Century France

by Robert Justin Goldstein

A comprehensive account of the struggle over freedom of caricature in France during the period between 1815 and 1914, tracing the attempts of French authorities to control opposition political drawings and the attempts of artists to evade these restrictions. The impact of pictures was greater than that of words, because while many of the feared lower classses could not read, they could understand political drawings. When future generations learn that the preliminary censorship, abolished for the printed word in 1830, still existed for drawings in 1880... they will not fail to consider us a remarkable race of hydrocephalics Le Grelot . Profusely illustrated. xii, 293+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..

293 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1989

About the author

Robert Justin Goldstein is professor emeritus of political science at Oakland University and currently a research associate at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

He is the author of numerous books and articles focusing on the history of civil liberties in Western democracies, including controversies related to censorship and desecration of the flag.

Reviews

[Bri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meaning and entwinement of caricature with French politics in the nineteenth century: esp. Interesting after recent events.