Cultural Transfers: France and Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0729409937 ISBN 13 : 9780729409933

Editeur : Voltaire Foundation, 2010

Synopsis

Cultural transfers between eighteenth-century France and Britain did much to shape the intellectual identity of each nation. But what were the main channels of communication? How did they function? What was their impact?

In Cultural transfers: France and Britain in the long eighteenth century a team of specialists focuses on the networks and correspondences on which these exchanges were based, the concrete form they took and the material, political or ideological constraints which governed them. Particular attention is paid to the roles of:

• intermediaries such as diplomats, scientific institutions, or the Huguenot exiles who played a crucial part in disseminating English scientific, theological and political writings
• gazettes, learned periodicals, and government-sponsored journals where the French learned about British political debates and institutions
• translators, who could significantly alter texts in line with their own preconceptions and agendas or the expectations of their readers

This multidisciplinary book moves beyond the classic concern with 'influences' of one author or culture on another. It presents a new understanding of the hidden international networks that sustained the Republic of Letters and of the synthesis that emerged through contacts and interaction between French and British culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Simon Burrows is Professor of History and of Digital Humanities at Western Sydney University and lead-investigator of the award-winning French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe project. His books include 'Blackmail, Scandal and Revolution', 'Enlightenment Best-Sellers' and (as co-editor) 'Press, Politics and the Public Sphere in Europe and North America, 1760-1820'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Voltaire Foundation
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0729409937
• ISBN 13: 9780729409933
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Éditeur: Thomson Ann, Burrows Simon, Dziembowski Edmond
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie