Germaine de Staël: forging a politics of mediation

Author, political activist and salonnière, Germaine de Staël 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 cult...

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Other Authors: Szmurlo, K
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Published: Voltaire Foundation 2017
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description Author, political activist and salonnière, Germaine de Staël 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. <br/> In this collection of studies, which examine issues as diverse as citizenship, immigration, abolition or constitutional liberalism, Staël’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 Staël’s formative influence on national cultures distant in space and time, redefining her Italianism in <em>Corinne ou l’Italie</em>, analysing the British reception of her <em>Considérations</em> and exploring the impact of <em>De l’Allemagne</em> on American intellectual life. <br/> <em>Germaine de Staël: forging a politics of mediation</em> highlights Staël’s pioneering place in the history of global interaction. She emerges as a truly modern thinker as well as an agent of multicultural exchange. <br/><br/> Madelyn Gutwirth, Preface<br/> Karyna Szmurlo, Introduction<br/> I. Revolutionary engagements<br/> Marie-Eve Beausoleil, Germaine de Staël as political activist: print, privacy and opinion in the French Revolution (1789-1799)<br/> Paul S. Spalding, Germaine de Staël’s role in rescuing Lafayette, 1792-1797<br/> Catriona Seth, Germaine de Staël and Marie-Antoinette<br/> Doris Y. Kadish, Patriarchy and abolition: Staël and fathers<br/> Carrie F. Klaus, The ‘French’ and the ‘foreign’ in works by Germaine de Staël, Isabelle de Charrière and Cornélie Wouters<br/> Chinatsu Takeda, On a liberal interpretation of the French Revolution: Mme de Staël’s <em>Considérations sur la Révolution française</em><br/> Aurelian Craiutu, Moderation and the Groupe de Coppet<br/> Susan Tenenbaum, Turning honour on its head: Germaine de Staël’s indictment of Napoleon<br/> Jean-Marie Roulin, Ontology and the politics of return in Germaine de Staël<br/> II. In space and time: cultural cross-currents<br/> Ann T. Gardiner, From group to traveller’s network: thoughts on reconfiguring sociability in Germaine de Staël<br/> Clorinda Donato, Against Coppet’s <em>Italie</em>: Ugo Foscolo’s engaged Italian Romanticism<br/> Robert Casillo, Staël, Stendhal and the reputation of the modern Italians<br/> Paola Giuli, Poetry and national identity: <em>Corinne</em>, Corilla and the idea of Italy<br/> Nanora Sweet, Staël the poet: recuperating Italy<br/> Ulrike Wagner, From words to worlds: <em>De l’Allemagne</em> and the transnational recasting of the ancient past<br/> Eric Gidal, Conversation and censorship: <em>De l’Allemagne</em> and the British reviews<br/> Summaries<br/> Bibliography<br/> Index<br/>
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