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Subtitle: A Study of the Literary Relations Between France and England During the Eighteenth Century General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: Duckworth and Co. Subjects: Literature, Comparative England France English literature French literature Civilization, Modern Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European /... More

Subtitle: A Study of the Literary Relations Between France and England During the Eighteenth Century General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: Duckworth and Co. Subjects: Literature, Comparative England France English literature French literature Civilization, Modern Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / French Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / European / French Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Chapter II WRITERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIFFUSION OF ENGLISH INFLUENCE : MURALT, PREVOST, VOLTAIRE I. PreVost and Voltaire were themselves preceded by the Swiss, Be'at de Muralt, the author of the Lettre s sur les Anglais et les Franfais (1725) -- Muralt's character -- Wherein he carried on the work of the refugees, wherein he went beyond them -- His illusions -- His opinions on English literature and the English intelligence -- Great success of his book: Muralt and Desfontaines -- His influence on Rousseau. II. Admiration of the abbe ' Pre'vost for English ideas; he assists in diffusing them -- His two journeys to England -- His translations -- His cosmopolitan novels: the Memosres d'un homme de qualite and IHistoire de Cleveland -- His magazine, La Pour et Centre (1732-1740) : the author's aim and method -- England occupies a large share of its space. III. Voltaire and the Lettres anglaises (1734) -- Importance of the book in Voltaire's life -- His intercourse with men of letters during his stay in London -- Knowledge of the language -- His efforts to awaken interest in English matters -- Origin of the Lettres philosophiques : they consist of two ...

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