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Author:

Fontana, Biancamaria, author.

Title:

Germaine de Sta©±l : a political portrait / Biancamaria Fontana.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

296 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Sta©±l,--Madame de--(Anne-Louise-Germaine),--1766-1817.
Sta©±l,--Madame de--(Anne-Louise-Germaine),--1766-1817--Political and social views.
Sta©±l,--Madame de--(Anne-Louise-Germaine),--1766-1817.
Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
Women intellectuals--France--Biography.
Intellectuals--France--Biography.
Women political scientists--France--Biography.
Women authors, French--18th century--Biography.
Authors, French--18th century--Biography.
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
France--Politics and government--1789-1815.
HISTORY--Europe--France.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--History & Theory.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Authors, French.
Intellectuals.
Political and social views.
Politics and government.
Women authors, French.
Women intellectuals.
Women political scientists.
France.
1700-1815
Biography.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"Germaine de Sta©±l (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 Sta©±l's life and work, bringing vividly to life her unique experience as a political actor in a world where women had no place. The banker's daughter who became one of Europe's best-connected intellectuals, Sta©±l was an exceptionally talented woman who achieved a degree of public influence to which not even her wealth and privilege would normally have entitled her. During the Revolution, when the lives of so many around her were destroyed, she succeeded in carving out a unique path for herself and making her views heard, first by the powerful men around her, later by the European public at large. Fontana provides the first in-depth look at her substantial output of writings on the theory and practice of the exercise of power, setting in sharp relief the dimension of Sta©±l's life that she cared most about--politics. She was fascinated by the nature of public opinion, and believed that viable political regimes were founded on public trust and popular consensus. Fontana shows how Sta©±l's ideas were shaped by the remarkable times in which she lived, and argues that it is only through a consideration of her political insights that we can fully understand Sta©±l's legacy and its enduring relevance for us today"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0691169047
9780691169040

OCLC:

(OCoLC)929985204

LCCN:

2015028539

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)