God's Plagiarist: Being an Account of the Fabulous Industry and Irregular Commerce of the Abbe Migne

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R. Howard Bloch

God's Plagiarist

Being an Account of the Fabulous Industry and Irregular Commerce of the Abbe Migne

R. Howard Bloch

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English

University of Chicago Press
28 May 1994

European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Domestic trade; Publishing industry

"God's Plagiarist is an entertaining account of the abbe Jacques-Paul Migne, one of the great entrepreneurs of the nineteenth century. A priest in Orleans from 1824 to 1833, Migne then moved to Paris, where, in the space of a decade, he built one of the most extensive publishing ventures of all time.

How did he do it?

Migne harnessed a deep well of personal energy and a will of iron to the latest innovations in print technology, advertising, and merchandising. His assembly-line production and innovative marketing of the massive editions of the Church Fathers placed him at the forefront of France's new commerce. Characterized by the police as one of the great ""schemers"" of the century, this priest-entrepreneur put the most questionable of business practices in the service of his devotion to Catholicism.

Part detective novel, part morality tale, Bloch's narrative not only will interest scholars of nineteenth-century French intellectual history but will appeal also to general readers interested in the history of publishing or just a good historical yarn.

""An unforgettable, Daumier-like portrait, sharp and satirical, of this enterprising, austere and somewhat crazed merchandiser of sacred learning. . . . Bloch deserves great credit for the wit and style of his effort to explore the Pedantic Park of nineteenth-century learning, that island of monsters which scholars have found, as yet, no escape.""—Anthony Grafton, New Republic

""Bloch is an exhilarating guide to the methods which made Migne the Napoleon of the Prospectus, a publicist of genius, Buffalo Bill and P.T. Barnum rolled into one.""—David Coward, Times Literary Supplement

""Mercifully, Bloch's sense of humour has none of that condescending mock-bewilderment commonly applied to the foreign or ancient. . . . It enables Bloch to promote Migne as a forerunner of the department store and to place him on a continuum running from St. Paul to the Tupperware party: the quality of the merchandise is increasingly irrelevant, still more the nature of its contents.""—Graham Robb, London Review of Books"

By: R. Howard Bloch
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 22mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780226059709
ISBN 10: 0226059707
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 28 May 1994
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

R. Howard Bloch is the Sterling Professor of French at Yale University and the author of God's Plagiarist: Being an Account of the Fabulous Industry and Irregular Commerce of the Abbé Migne, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews for God's Plagiarist: Being an Account of the Fabulous Industry and Irregular Commerce of the Abbe Migne

In this skillfully edited, engaging, and luminous volume, May and Sleeter have made a unique contribution to education theory and practice by producing a tightly conceptualized and coherent book that illustrates myriad ways in which critical multiculturalism can be implemented in school, college, and university classrooms. The delicate balance between theory and practice in this book makes it welcomed and significant. -- James A. Banks, Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor of Diversity Studies and Founding Director, Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington, Seattle This important collection makes a strong argument for a version of critical multiculturalism that learns from the errors of the past while keeping sight of the pressing and complex challenges facing contemporary educators. --David Gillborn, Professor of Critical Race Studies in Education, University of London, UK