The French Language and British Literature, 1756-1830

by Marcus Tomalin

From the 1750s to the 1830s, numerous British intellectuals, novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, translators, educationalists, politicians, businessmen, travel writers, and philosophers brooded about the merits and demerits of the French language. The decades under consideration encompass a particularly tumultuous period in Anglo-French relations that witnessed the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the American War of Independence (1775-1783), the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367881098
• ISBN13: 9780367881092
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages