Who is The French from Exercises in Style and what is their importance? Exercises_in_Style English & Literature The French | Exercises in Style

The French have for centuries insisted on maintaining the purity and integrity of their language, both in terms of what it means and how i spoken. In 1635, the government established an agency (the Academie Francaise) to oversee the usage and development of the French language, more often than not defending its traditions and discouraging change. This linguistic context gives the author's exploration of the flexibility of language a certain irreverence.