Better in France?: The Circulation of Ideas Across the Channel in the Eighteenth Century (THE BUCKNELL STUDIES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE AND CULTURE)

ISBN 10: 0838755976 / ISBN 13: 9780838755976

Published by Bucknell Univ Pr, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Better in France?: The Circulation of Ideas Across the Channel in the Eighteenth Century (THE BUCKNELL STUDIES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE AND CULTURE)
• Publisher: Bucknell Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838755976
• ISBN 13: 9780838755976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This book discusses the way ideas and forms traveled between Britain and France during the eighteenth century, and the extent to which the circulation of ideas between the two countries could be difficult. The volume shows that this difficulty, because it was acknowledged and often thematized, contributed to an increased awareness of what was really at stake in the very concept of Enlightenment. The examination of points of contact between the two cultures - contacts that became very much the fashion in the course of the eighteenth century - helps us understand how apparently common concepts and concerns fared differently from one country to the next, while being enriched by those contacts. The conversation of aesthetic theories and artistic forms of expression between the two countries sheds interesting light on the overall confrontation of conflicting theories of power and control that expressed themselves throughout the period of complete political redistribution.

About the Author

Frédéric Ogée is professor of English literature at the University of Paris.