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An innovative and daring writer and conversationalist, Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) was an anomaly in an era when men dominated the literary world. Among her works are two major novels, Delphine (1802) and Corinne (1807), both popular international successes at the time of their publication. Stael achieved her greatest prominence, however, as a moral and political essayist, and was banished by Napoleon in 1803 for her outspoken commentary. Her exile inspired Germany (1813), a discourse on the country's people, institutions, and culture. Germany is considered a seminal cross-cultural work of the early 19th century, for it introduced Germany and its arts and literature to the West and exerted a capital influence on the French romantic movement. A child of the Enlightenment, Stael epitomized the European culture that bridged neoclassicism to romanticism . Stael increasingly has become a subject for revision and reevaluation. In this excellent new study Gretchen Rous Besser analyzes with great clarity the life, works, and contributions of Germaine de Stael. Comprehensive in scope, it details the evolution of Stael's career, including the two novels, her important political, historical

Author

[by] Gretchen Rous Besser

Publisher

Twayne Publishers

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805782868

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Humanities