"Two centuries of sexism obscured Staèel's legacy. John Isbell here restores her reputation as historian, theorist of Romanticism, and Revolutionary, revealing her abolitionist and anti-imperialist commitment. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The Painful Birth of the Romantic Heroine: Staë l as Political Animal, 1786-1821; 2. Revolution and the Private Sphere: Lettres sur Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Zulma, Recueil de morceaux dé taché s, 1786-1795; 3. Mme de Staë l, Minister for War? Narbonne's 'English' Program under the Assemblé e lé gislative; 4. The Social Contract for Staë l and Constant, or Does Liberty Have a Sex? ; 5. When the Light of Reason Fails: De l'influence des passions sur le bonheur des individus et des nations, 1796; 6. Imaginary Europe: De la litté rature considé ré e dans ses rapports avec les institutions sociales; 7. Suicide, Meaning, and Power in the 'Querelle de Delphine'; 8. My Father, Myself: Staë l and the Manuscrits de M. Necker; 9. Italy, or Corinne; 10. Interlude: In Search of Romantic Theater; 11. Napoleon Pulps His Enemies: Censors, Police, and De l'Allemagne's Lost 1810 Edition; 12. The Napoleon Apocalypse; 13. Romantic Spain and National Resistance: Staë l, Rocca, and the Mé moires sur la guerre des Franç ais en Espagne; 14. A. W. Schlegel, Staë l, and Sismondi in 1814: The Groupe de Coppet and the Confé dé ration romantique; 15. The Italian Romantics and Mme de Staë l: Art, Society, and Nationhood; 16. Inventing the French Revolution: Staë l Considers National Credit, 1789-1818; 17. Voices Lost? Staë l and Slavery, 1786-1830; La Vie dans l'œ uvre.
