Germaine de Staël : forging a politics of mediation

Author(s)

• Szmurlo, Karyna

Bibliographic Information

Germaine de Staël : forging a politics of mediation

edited by Karyna Szmurlo

（SVEC, 2011:12）

Voltaire Foundation, 2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-304) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Author, political activist and salonniere, Germaine de Stael has become the focal point of groundbreaking research in women's studies, in performing arts, and in language/translation theory. In this multidisciplinary volume, a team of scholars concentrates on the vast range of her political and cultural engagements, both during and after the French Revolution. In this collection of studies, which examine issues as diverse as citizenship, immigration, abolition or constitutional liberalism, Stael's stance as a champion of moderation against the perils of extremism and polarization comes clearly to the fore. Contributors shed new light on the Groupe de Coppet, the circle of which she was the heart, and on the cosmopolitan networks she created within and beyond Europe. Other articles underline and reassess Stael's formative influence on national cultures distant in space and time, redefining her Italianism in Corinne ou l'Italie, analysing the British reception of her Considerations and exploring the impact of De l'Allemagne on American intellectual life. Germaine de Stael: forging a politics of mediation highlights Stael's pioneering place in the history of global interaction. She emerges as a truly modern thinker as well as an agent of multicultural exchange.

Table of Contents

Madelyn Gutwirth, Preface Karyna Szmurlo, Introduction I. Revolutionary engagements Marie-Eve Beausoleil, Germaine de Stael as political activist: print, privacy and opinion in the French Revolution (1789-1799) Paul S. Spalding, Germaine de Stael's role in rescuing Lafayette, 1792-1797 Catriona Seth, Germaine de Stael and Marie-Antoinette Doris Y. Kadish, Patriarchy and abolition: Stael and fathers Carrie F. Klaus, The 'French' and the 'foreign' in works by Germaine de Stael, Isabelle de Charriere and Cornelie Wouters Chinatsu Takeda, On a liberal interpretation of the French Revolution: Mme de Stael's Considerations sur la Revolution francaise Aurelian Craiutu, Moderation and the Groupe de Coppet Susan Tenenbaum, Turning honour on its head: Germaine de Stael's indictment of Napoleon Jean-Marie Roulin, Ontology and the politics of return in Germaine de Stael II. In space and time: cultural cross-currents Ann T. Gardiner, From group to traveller's network: thoughts on reconfiguring sociability in Germaine de Stael Clorinda Donato, Against Coppet's Italie: Ugo Foscolo's engaged Italian Romanticism Robert Casillo, Stael, Stendhal and the reputation of the modern Italians Paola Giuli, Poetry and national identity: Corinne, Corilla and the idea of Italy Nanora Sweet, Stael the poet: recuperating Italy Ulrike Wagner, From words to worlds: De l'Allemagne and the transnational recasting of the ancient past Eric Gidal, Conversation and censorship: De l'Allemagne and the British reviews Summaries Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB07774937
• ISBN:
  • 9780729410243
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 311 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 848.609
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46635977