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Madame de Staël : the dangerous exile /

Madame de Staël's celebrity as a novelist, literary critic, and theorist made her the most famous woman in Europe in her day. Yet almost all of her bestselling writings were composed in exile from her beloved France - exiled for her political daring. Goodden explores the paradoxes of de Staël&#...

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Main Author: Goodden, Angelica
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Staël, > Madame de > (Anne-Louise-Germaine), > 1766-1817.
Staël, > Madame de > (Anne-Louise-Germaine), > 1766-1817
Women authors, French > 18th century > Biography.
Authors, French > 18th century > Biography.
Women authors, French > 19th century > Biography.
Authors, French > 19th century > Biography.
Exiled women authors.
Écrivaines françaises > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivains français > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivaines françaises > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivains français > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivaines exilées.
Europe.
HISTORY.
Modern.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
French.
European.
Authors, French
Exiled women authors
Women authors, French
1700-1899
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Madame de Staël's celebrity as a novelist, literary critic, and theorist made her the most famous woman in Europe in her day. Yet almost all of her bestselling writings were composed in exile from her beloved France - exiled for her political daring. Goodden explores the paradoxes of de Staël's life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (331 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-320) and index.
ISBN:9780191528774
0191528773
9780199238095
019923809X
9780191716669
0191716669