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Germaine de Staël : A Political Portrait /

"Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) is perhaps best known today as a novelist, literary critic, and outspoken and independent thinker. Yet she was also a prominent figure in politics during the French Revolution. Biancamaria Fontana sheds new light on this often overlooked aspect of Staël's l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fontana, Biancamaria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A Passion for Politics
  • Interpreting the Opinion of the Majority of the Nation (1791)
  • The View from the Executive (1792)
  • Defending the Queen : Politics as Propaganda (1793)
  • Addressing William Pitt (1794)
  • The Advent of Modern Liberty (1795)
  • Condemned to Celebrity : The Influence of Passions (1796)
  • The Republic in Theory and Practice (1797-99)
  • Raising the Stakes : The Measure of Ambition (1800)
  • Back to the Future : The Bourgeois Liberal Republic
  • Conclusion: Germaine de Stael and Modern Politics.