Staël, Romanticism and revolution : the life and times of the first European
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Staël, Romanticism and revolution : the life and times of the first European
（Cambridge studies in romanticism, 146）
Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-283) and index
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Description
Two centuries of sexism have hidden Stael's place in international history. Straddling the divides of the French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, emergent nationalism, and European Romanticism, and playing pivotal roles in those movements, she was also a friend of Byron, Jefferson, and Tsar Alexander. Extensive archival research, and a complete contextual overview of Stael's writings, here restore Stael's canonical status as political philosopher, historian, European Romantic theorist, and Revolutionary. While the term stateswoman is not commonly used, it describes Stael aptly, acting as she necessarily did through men around her. The brilliant game of masks and proxies imposed on her by patriarchy is detailed here, alongside her unending fight for the oppressed, from the nations of Napoleon's subjugated Europe to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Painful Birth of the Romantic Heroine: Stael as Political Animal, 1786-1821
- 2. Revolution and the Private Sphere: Lettres sur Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Zulma, Recueil de morceaux detaches, 1786-1795
- 3. Mme de Stael, Minister for War? Narbonne's 'English' Program under the Assemblee legislative
- 4. The Social Contract for Stael and Constant, or Does Liberty Have a Sex?
- 5. When the Light of Reason Fails: De l'influence des passions sur le bonheur des individus et des nations, 1796
- 6. Imaginary Europe: De la litterature consideree dans ses rapports avec les institutions sociales
- 7. Suicide, Meaning, and Power in the 'Querelle de Delphine'
- 8. My Father, Myself: Stael and the Manuscrits de M. Necker
- 9. Italy, or Corinne
- 10. Interlude: In Search of Romantic Theater
- 11. Napoleon Pulps His Enemies: Censors, Police, and De l'Allemagne's Lost 1810 Edition
- 12. The Napoleon Apocalypse
- 13. Romantic Spain and National Resistance: Stael, Rocca, and the Memoires sur la guerre des Francais en Espagne
- 14. A. W. Schlegel, Stael, and Sismondi in 1814: The Groupe de Coppet and the Confederation romantique
- 15. The Italian Romantics and Mme de Stael: Art, Society, and Nationhood
- 16. Inventing the French Revolution: Stael Considers National Credit, 1789-1818
- 17. Voices Lost? Stael and Slavery, 1786-1830
- La Vie dans l'oeuvre.
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