The studies gathered in this volume aim to clarify the status of literary people in the eighteenth century and to consider the reality behind the term “poor devils” by excavating the details of particular destinies as well as by pointing out the similarities across an era and a group.
Keyword: Social history of literature, eighteenth century, anonymity, literary people, Comédie française, Pierre Bayle, Voltaire, Toussaint-Gaspard Taconnet, Jean-Baptiste Robinet, Denis Diderot
