French influence on english culture in the second part of the seventeenth century. Aphra Behn as a cretive translator and a Madiator between the two cultures

This article applies the concept of horizontal and vertical cultural transfers to the process of cultural exchange between France and England in the Restoration period (1660-1688). It focuses on Aphra Behn as a mediator between French and English cultures by analysing how she negotiated the «cultural», gender and creative elements in her translations from the French.