Bibliograph

The birth of European romanticism, truth and propaganda in Staël's "De l'Allemagne", 1810-1813, John Claiborne Isbell

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The birth of European romanticism, truth and propaganda in Staël's "De l'Allemagne", 1810-1813, John Claiborne Isbell

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The birth of European romanticism

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

726826323

Responsibility statement

John Claiborne Isbell

Series statement

Cambridge studies in French, 49Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

truth and propaganda in Staël's "De l'Allemagne", 1810-1813

Summary

It was through Staël's best-seller De l'Allemagne that the term 'Romanticism', coined in Germany, reached Europe and America. Around this term, Staël built a new and universal agenda: her manifesto offered Napoleon's Europe an alternative to everything he stood for. The new universe she revealed helped to bury the neo-Classical world and to shape the nineteenth century. In this important work, Dr Isbell reasserts Staël's place in history and analyses her vast agenda, which covers every Classical and Romantic divide in art, philosophy, religion, and society from 1789 to 1815. This investigation sheds light upon the two different revolutions that created modern Europe, seen here by a leader of both.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Birth of a nation -- Staël's romantic Germany in 1810 -- Romantic literature and politics -- Philosophy and ethics in Napoleonic Europe -- Religion, love, enthusiasm -- a new Enlightenment -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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