Linguistic and Cultural Foreign Policies of European States

Introduction Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn 1. External linguistic politics and policies in the German-Speaking countries of Central Europe in early modern times and in the nineteenth century - with some references to the present age Konrad Schroeder 2. German global soft power, 1700-1920 Nicola McLelland 3. French as a polemical language for Russian writers in the age of Nicholas I Derek Offord 4. The external cultural and linguistic policy of the Italian government in the Mediterranean region and the issue of the National Association for Aid to Missionaries (1886-1905) Paolo Pieraccini 5. Expansion du francais et des manieres francaises en Europe aux dix-septieme et dix-huitieme siecles : resultat d'une politique royale exterieure ou effet d'un certain prestige ? Henri Besse 6. Literary translation as a foreign language policy tool. The case of Russia, mid-eighteenth - early nineteenth centuries Vladislav Rjeoutski 7. L'usage diplomatique de la langue francaise, instrument de la puissance Lucien Bely 8. The political implications of the idea of 'genie de la langue' in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Gilles Siouffi Introduction Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn 1. External linguistic politics and policies in the German-Speaking countries of Central Europe in early modern times and in the nineteenth century - with some references to the present age Konrad Schroeder 2. German global soft power, 1700-1920 Nicola McLelland 3. French as a polemical language for Russian writers in the age of Nicholas I Derek Offord 4. The external cultural and linguistic policy of the Italian government in the Mediterranean region and the issue of the National Association for Aid to Missionaries (1886-1905) Paolo Pieraccini 5. Expansion du francais et des manieres francaises en Europe aux dix-septieme et dix-huitieme siecles : resultat d'une politique royale exterieure ou effet d'un certain prestige ? Henri Besse 6. Literary translation as a foreign language policy tool. The case of Russia, mid-eighteenth - early nineteenth centuries Vladislav Rjeoutski 7. L'usage diplomatique de la langue francaise, instrument de la puissance Lucien Bely 8. The political implications of the idea of 'genie de la langue' in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Gilles Siouffi