Cultural Transfers

Il est impensable que par sa richesse, sa valeur documentaire et ses avancees methodologiques ce livre ne suscite pas des vocations. - Quinzaine litteraire 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-huitiemistes 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-Edouard Levillain, La correspondance diplomatique dans l'Europe moderne (c.1550-c.1750): problemes de methode et tentative de definition Joanna Craigwood, Diplomats and international book exchange Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire, Quand les francs-macons signent des traites diplomatiques: circulations et echanges maconniques 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 reseau franco-britannique du Recueil Duquesnoy Jean-Francois Dunyach, Les reseaux d'un excentrique: vies et parcours de William Playfair (1759-1823) II. Journalism Claire Crignon-de Oliveira, Le role des periodiques dans la diffusion du savoir medical en France et en Grande-Bretagne (fin dix-septieme - dix-huitieme siecle) Delphine Soulard, Les journalistes du Refuge et la diffusion de la pensee politique de John Locke aupres du public francophone des la fin du dix-septieme siecle Ann Thomson, In defence of toleration: La Roche's Bibliotheque angloise and Memoires litteraires de la Grande-Bretagne Edmond Dziembowski, Le peuple francais instruit: Edme-Jacques Genet et la traduction des ecrits politiques britanniques pendant la guerre de Sept Ans Simon Burrows, The Courier de l'Europe as an agent of cultural transfer (1776-1791) III. Translation Stephane Jettot, La comprehension et la traduction des debats parlementaires a 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 Societe typographique de Neuchatel and networks of trade and translation in eighteenth-century francophone Europe Emmanuelle de Champs, An introduction to utilitarianism: early French translations of Bentham's Introduction to the principles of morals and legislation