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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... literary criticism and fiction . But the literary thrust hid a pri- vate subterfuge : protected from censure for over a decade , Germaine's pen interspersed political dreams , appeals and substances directly involving political ...
... literary criticism and fiction . But the literary thrust hid a pri- vate subterfuge : protected from censure for over a decade , Germaine's pen interspersed political dreams , appeals and substances directly involving political ...
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... literary criti- cism , a revitalization as it were of the creativity that had dominated her Letters on the Writings and Character of Jean - Jacques Rousseau . During that earlier period Germaine's style was airy and quick , if not ...
... literary criti- cism , a revitalization as it were of the creativity that had dominated her Letters on the Writings and Character of Jean - Jacques Rousseau . During that earlier period Germaine's style was airy and quick , if not ...
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... literary and artistic impulses . Equally unforgettable are the analyses by Aristotle and those of the Greek historians who opened the vistas of human knowledge . Intimate sentiment , reflection , and patriotic devotion ( ce sentiment ...
... literary and artistic impulses . Equally unforgettable are the analyses by Aristotle and those of the Greek historians who opened the vistas of human knowledge . Intimate sentiment , reflection , and patriotic devotion ( ce sentiment ...
Contenido
Foreword | 9 |
The Nurturing | 23 |
Moments in Time | 37 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 11 secciones no mostradas
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