15. Publicists of VFBR

Camille Desmoulins, publicist and journalist

When Desmoulins was arrested in 1794 on charges of subversive activities against the republican system, he wrote from prison: "My justification is in 8 volumes of my writings." He was executed on April 5, 1794. In the ranks of the French. revolutionaries Demulen occupied. special a place. D. wrote talented and lively. He has a lot of lively images, accurate characteristics. His pamphlet Freedom. FR "sold in a huge amount of copies. Having collected all the reviews on him, D. decided to give an answer to the critics and wrote a pamphlet “Speech of the Lantern”. Write in fantastic. form. Lantern refers to the patriots, setting out the politic. views of the author. The republic there is represented as the golden age of humanity. The pamphlet came out anonymously. Demulen dreams of his own newspaper at this time, but he has no money. His Mr. "The Revolutions of France and Brabant" From the 3rd number on the cover appeared. Figure, almost always satirist. A collection of all the rooms of you. 9 volumes. G-ta addressed the widest public.

Dec 5 1793g in P. vy. "Old Cordelier" The epigraph of the newspaper "To live free or die." the second number is 65 thousand copies. Demulen questioned the whole system of terror and the revolutionary government itself. This number is literally tore from the hands. Ght was read from the trumpet. In the number 4 Demoulen appeal. to mercy. The outcome of the discussion of all the rooms of the “Old Cordelier” in the Jacobin club was the removal of Demoulin from the members. Later, D. and his wife were executed as dantonists.

Publicism by Jean-Paul Marat

The first politich. product - "Chains of slavery" 1774. In English. lang in London.

In his work clearly felt the influence of Rousseau, Diderot, Voltaire. His articles are very similar to the speeches of the speaker. In the beginning. 1789 anonymously publishes a brochure “A Gift to the Fatherland”. Then, also anonymously in the form of a brochure publishes the “Supplement to the Gift of the Fatherland”. Criticizes the feudal absolutist system and its institutions.

From January to March 1790 Marat lives in London in exile. He returns in May and resumes the publication of his newspaper. "Friend of the People" - a newspaper that really appealed to the widest sections of the readership. Marat at times vyst. for the freedom of pesati. Considered that it guarantees the success of the revolution. His materials were sharp, critical. The enemies hated, but they recognized talent. He is tragic. died