Madame de Staël, the first modern woman, Francine du Plessix Gray
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Madame de Staël, the first modern woman, Francine du Plessix Gray
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-246)
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Madame de Staël
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
227016437
Responsibility statement
Francine du Plessix Gray
Review
"One of the great literary forces of her age or any age, Germaine de Stael was born into the political and intellectual aristocracy of her time. The daughter of Jacques Necker, Louis XVI's finance minister; she married Sweden's ambassador to the French court and for two decades held the limelight as a political figure and prolific writer. Admittedly not a beauty, she was nonetheless notoriously seductive and enjoyed whirlwind affairs with some of the most influential men of her time. She was demonized by Napoleon for her forthrightness, her powerful intellect, and her prestigious salon, a hothouse of subversive ideas and sexual intrigue. The Emperor exiled her, on and off, for the last two decades of her life." "Madame de Stael - force of nature, exuberant idealist, and ultimate enthusiast - waged a lifelong struggle against all that was tyrannical, cynical, or passionless in her time; and left a legacy of enlightened liberalism that radiated throughout Europe during the nineteenth century."--Jacket
Sub title
the first modern woman
Table Of Contents
Part I -- Growing up -- Listening -- Loving -- Conversing -- Romancing -- Surviving -- Lobbying -- Safeguarding -- Part II -- Benjamin Constant -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- "I shall break her, I shall crush her" -- L'Allemagne -- Corinne -- The emperor of matter and the mistress of mind -- The last salons -- Epilogue
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Subject
- Biographies
- Staël, Madame de, Anne-Louise-Germaine, 1766-1817
- Biography
- Intellectuels -- France -- Biographies
- Women authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography
- Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine de
- Barnard Alum Collection
- Women intellectuals -- France -- Biography
- Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography
- Écrivains français -- 18e siècle -- Biographies
- France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- France -- Vie intellectuelle -- 18e siècle
- Écrivains français -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Intellectuals -- France -- Biography
- Écrivaines françaises -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Women authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography
- France -- Vie intellectuelle -- 19e siècle
- Författare + intellektuella -- Frankrike -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet -- biografi
- Authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography
- France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Écrivaines françaises -- 18e siècle -- Biographies
- Intellectuelles -- France -- Biographies
- Kvinnliga intellektuella + historia -- Frankrike -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet
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- Genre3
- Subject23
- Biographies
- Staël, Madame de, Anne-Louise-Germaine, 1766-1817
- Biography
- Intellectuels -- France -- Biographies
- Women authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography
- Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine de
- Barnard Alum Collection
- Women intellectuals -- France -- Biography
- Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography
- Écrivains français -- 18e siècle -- Biographies
- France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- France -- Vie intellectuelle -- 18e siècle
- Écrivains français -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Intellectuals -- France -- Biography
- Écrivaines françaises -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Women authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography
- France -- Vie intellectuelle -- 19e siècle
- Författare + intellektuella -- Frankrike -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet -- biografi
- Authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography
- France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Écrivaines françaises -- 18e siècle -- Biographies
- Intellectuelles -- France -- Biographies
- Kvinnliga intellektuella + historia -- Frankrike -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet
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