Anglo-French attitudes : comparisons and transfers between English and French intellectuals since the eighteenth century / edited by Christophe Charle, Julien Vincent and Jay Winter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charle, Christophe, 1951-

Vincent, Julien.

Winter, J. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Intellectual life.

Great Britain.

Intellectual life.

France--Intellectual life.

France.

Great Britain--Relations--France.

Relations.

France--Relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization.

Civilization.

France--Civilization.

Physical Description:

xi, 321 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.

Summary:

This collection of essays continues a favourite game of Anglo-French intellectual life since the eighteenth century: the game of cultural transfers and comparisons between English and French intellectuals themselves. The contributions, which have been written by scholars from a variety of disciplines, address a broad range of issues, including the international circulation of economic, political and literary ideas, the translation and reception of authors in various contexts, and the contest for ' Englishness' or ' Frenchness' both at home and abroad. The Anglo-French relationship is used here as an entry into the conflicting demands that intellectual life should be trans-national and cosmopolitan, and that intellectuals should be the representatives of the national mind.

ISBN:

0719075378

9780719075377

OCLC:

71238972