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Madame de Staël, orig. Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, Baroness de Staël-Holstein known as Madame de Staël, (born April 22, 1766, Paris, France—died July 14, 1817, Paris), French-Swiss writer, political propagandist, and salon hostess. She early gained a reputation as a lively wit.
Staël, Germaine de (1766–1817) A precursor of Romanticism and modern literary criticism whose liberalism reflected 18th-century thought and made her an active adversary of Napoleon Bonaparte. Name variations: Anne Louise Germaine Necker; Madame de Stael or Staël; Baronne or Baroness de Staël von Holstein; (nickname) Minette.
Albert Goodwin. Germaine de Staël - Exile, Novels, Enlightenment: She was also an important political figure and was regarded by contemporary Europe as the personal enemy of Napoleon. With Constant and his friends she formed the nucleus of a liberal resistance that so embarrassed Napoleon that in 1803 he had her banished to a distance of 40 ...
May 9, 2018 · The French-Swiss woman of letters and novelist Germaine de Staël [full name Anne Louise Germaine Necker, Baronne de Staël-Holstein, historically referred to as Madame de Staël] (1766-1817) greatly influenced European thought and literature with her enthusiasm for German romanticism.
Dec 10, 2017 · Germaine de Staël’s (1766–1817) life and writings intersect profoundly with a number of political, intellectual, and literary movements. To begin with, she was one of the heirs of Enlightenment thought; her friends and acquaintances included the Encyclopedists Denis Diderot and Jean d’Alembert.
GERMAINE DE STAËL: INTRODUCTION. Although for many years her reputation rested largely on her critical works, de Staël has, since the 1970s, been viewed by feminist scholars as an important novelist. As a critic, de Staël is credited with inculcating the theories of Romanticism into French literary and political thought.
The Correspondence of Germaine de Staël Database project is a collaborative digital edition of letters written to and by Germaine de Staël and archived around the world. The project is crowdsourced transcription and translation based.
