Germaine de Staël, Daughter of the Enlightenment: The Writer and Her Turbulent EraHumanity Books, 2007 - 303 páginas One of the most fascinating and influential women in French history was Germaine de Staël (1766-1817). Raised in a stimulating intellectual environment by parents connected to the court of Louis XVI, she became an internationally known writer, intellectual, and political activist. As the engaging, intelligent host of a popular salon in Paris and through frequent travels, she met some of the leading Enlightenment figures of the day, many of whom became her friends and confidants: William Pitt the Younger, Benjamin Constant, Lord Byron, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, and Czar Alexander I, to name a few. Later in life she gained much notoriety and had to flee the country because of her outspoken opposition to the tyranny of Napoleon Bonaparte. In this engrossing biography, Sergine Dixon traces both the personal and public life of this very accomplished woman. She recounts her early years in the waning years of the French royal court, the turbulent period of the French Revolution, her exiles to Switzerland and England, and her unwavering defense of republicanism during the reign of Napoleon. Analyzing her novels, correspondence, and writings on politics and the intellectual trends of the time, Dixon presents an appealing portrait of the woman whose life and career bridged the end of the Enlightenment and the beginning of Romanticism. |
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... early 1802 , Staël became ill . In vain , Germaine tried to have the young Swedish king take charge of him . She paid his debts , and decided to bring him to Coppet . Eric died en route . Germaine's regretted not having found a Swedish ...
... early 1802 , Staël became ill . In vain , Germaine tried to have the young Swedish king take charge of him . She paid his debts , and decided to bring him to Coppet . Eric died en route . Germaine's regretted not having found a Swedish ...
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... early spring of 1813 , starting with the retreat after a month in fire - torn Moscow . Mud , ice , desertions , and enemy skirmishes broke the army's back , death ensuing . The emperor spoke of courage in his proclamations , soldiers ...
... early spring of 1813 , starting with the retreat after a month in fire - torn Moscow . Mud , ice , desertions , and enemy skirmishes broke the army's back , death ensuing . The emperor spoke of courage in his proclamations , soldiers ...
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... early months of the Revolu- tion such questions had not been asked , in fact , in the public's mind the notion of liberty was new and vague . She reiterated that for her , per- fectibility of mind did not imply a superiority of modern ...
... early months of the Revolu- tion such questions had not been asked , in fact , in the public's mind the notion of liberty was new and vague . She reiterated that for her , per- fectibility of mind did not imply a superiority of modern ...
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Foreword | 9 |
The Nurturing | 23 |
Moments in Time | 37 |
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Otras 11 secciones no mostradas
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