Madame De Staël

Corinne; or, Italy (Summarized Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

Enriched edition. An Enlightenment-era love story of an artistic, independent heroine in Napoleonic Europe-where intellect, passion, and women's freedom collide
Kommentar: Payne, Aaron / Redaktion: Quickie Classics / Übersetzer: Hill, Isabel; L. E. L.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Corinne; or, Italy (1807) entwines the love of Corinne, a celebrated Italian improvisatrice, and Oswald, a melancholic Scottish lord, with a panoramic tour of Rome, Naples, and Venice. Staël marries narrative pathos to reflective essays on art, music, religion, and national character, staging the sublime and the picturesque amid ritual and ruins. This hybrid of romance, travelogue, and aesthetic theory both anticipates European Romanticism and probes the constraints on female genius, contrasting English reserve with Italian expressiveness. A cosmopolitan exile and daughter of Jacques Necker, Madame de Staël refined a comparative method at Coppet after Napoleon banished her from Paris. Her 1804 Italian travels supplied firsthand detail; her Protestant, Swiss-French background and salon improvisations shape Corinne's art. Displacement, censorship, and a critique of national prejudice color the novel's meditations on freedom and the price of female fame. Recommended to readers of Romanticism, travel writing, and feminist criticism, it offers luminous set pieces, a cosmopolitan ethics, and a rigorous inquiry into national character. Read it to consider how love, country, and talent might coexist without mutilating one another. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quickie Classics
• Seitenzahl: 129
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 8596547880608
• Artikelnr.: 76338936

Autorenporträt

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (1766-1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was an illustrious French woman of letters of Swiss origin and one of the foremost intellectuals of her time. Known for her conversational eloquence and her salons, which gathered the intellectual elite of the era, Madame de Staël was an ardent supporter of political liberalism and opposed the Napoleonic regime, which led to her exile. A prominent figure in the literary and intellectual movement that preceded Romanticism, she left a profound mark on the European culture and literary tradition. Her most celebrated work, 'Corinne, or Italy' (1807), is a seminal novel that weaves travel literature with psychological narrative and reflection on national identity. The protagonist, Corinne, embodies the spirit of early Romanticism, showcasing the conflict between passion and social norms and exploring the relationship between authorship and gender. De Staël's rich prose and use of the novel to comment on the social and political climate of her time was groundbreaking. Her other works, like 'Delphine' and 'On Germany', also reflect her literary prowess and her contributions to the ideas of her age on culture and politics. Her writings not only entertained but also served as a platform for her to assert her political influence and to critique the societal conditions of her era, particularly concerning the status of women.