Collects letters, novellas, essays, criticism, and a play by a leading intellectual of the Romantic period.[...]
Considered the foremost woman intellectual of the Romantic period, Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) exerted a lasting influence on European culture through the example of her remarkable life and the force of her fiction and critical writings. Originally published as "An Extraordinary Woman: Selected Wr[...]
'Look at her, she is the image of our beautiful Italy.' Corinne, or Italy (1807) is both the story of a love affair between Oswald, Lord Nelvil and a beautiful poetess, and an homage to the landscape, literature and art of Italy. On arriving in Italy, Oswald immediately falls under Corinne's magica[...]
This three-volume study, translated into English and published in 1889, illuminates the life of a renowned author, intellectual and salonniere.[...]
This three-volume study, translated into English and published in 1889, illuminates the life of a renowned author, intellectual and salonniere.[...]
This three-volume study, translated into English and published in 1889, illuminates the life of a renowned author, intellectual and salonniere.[...]
This three-volume study, translated into English and published in 1889, illuminates the life of a renowned author, intellectual and salonniere.[...]