Cultural Transfers

Il est impensable que par sa richesse, sa valeur documentaire et ses avances mthodologiques ce livre ne suscite pas des vocations. - Quinzaine littraire Scholars expect the highest standards of scholarship to appear in SVEC volumes. This collection will by no means disappoint. It will be invaluable to all researchers working in the field of cross-Channel exchanges, and of great interest to dix-huitimistes more generally. - Modern Language Review 'the contributions draw our attention to a fascinating range of concrete instances situated in the nooks and crannies of cultural history that form the inner life of the macro-history of cultural transfers and development. This collection of articles constitutes a valuable contribution to the field of comparative and interdisciplinary studies of European history of ideas and cultural development.' - French Studies

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'.

Ann Thomson and Simon Burrows, Introduction I. Correspondence and networks Rachel Hammersley, The Real Whig Huguenot network and the English Republican tradition Elizabeth Grist, Pierre Des Maizeaux and the Royal Society Charles-douard Levillain, La correspondance diplomatique dans lEurope moderne (c.1550-c.1750): problmes de mthode et tentative de dfinition Joanna Craigwood, Diplomats and international book exchange Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire, Quand les francs-maons signent des traits diplomatiques: circulations et changes maonniques entre France et Angleterre (1765-1775) James Livesey, London by the light of Montpellier: scientific networks between Britain, northern Europe and the Languedoc (1706-1789) Mariana Saad, Le rseau franco-britannique du Recueil Duquesnoy Jean-Franois Dunyach, Les rseaux dun excentrique: vies et parcours de William Playfair (1759-1823) II. Journalism Claire Crignon-de Oliveira, Le rle des priodiques dans la diffusion du savoir mdical en France et en Grande-Bretagne (fin dix-septime dix-huitime sicle) Delphine Soulard, Les journalistes du Refuge et la diffusion de la pense politique de John Locke auprs du public francophone ds la fin du dix-septime sicle Ann Thomson, In defence of toleration: La Roches Bibliothque angloise and Mmoires littraires de la Grande-Bretagne Edmond Dziembowski, Le peuple franais instruit: Edme-Jacques Genet et la traduction des crits politiques britanniques pendant la guerre de Sept Ans Simon Burrows, The Courier de lEurope as an agent of cultural transfer (1776-1791) III. Translation Stphane Jettot, La comprhension et la traduction des dbats parlementaires Londres par les diplomates de Louis XIV Ann Thomson, Des Maizeaux, Collins and the translators: the case of Collins Philosophical inquiry concerning human liberty Pierre Lurbe, Traduire, trahir, se trahir: le cas du Pantheisticon de John Toland Michel Malherbe, Hume en France: la traduction des Political discourses Mark Curran, The Socit typographique de Neuchtel and networks of trade and translation in eighteenth-century francophone Europe Emmanuelle de Champs, An introduction to utilitarianism: early French translations of Benthams Introduction to the principles of morals and legislation