Znajomość języka angielskiego we Francji okresu Oświecenia
Knowledge of English in France during the Enlightenment

Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of Louis XV’s reign only few educated Frenchmen knew English. Even French diplomats preferred Latin, Italian, Spanish or German. However, with the wave of popularization of English culture during the Enlightenment, knowledge of Shakespeare’s language became in creasingly fashionable and useful among the French. This article shows the process of popularizing the English language in France in the 18th century: how it could be learned and how the most important representatives of the French Enlightenment dealt with it.

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