Title Women's literary salons and political propaganda during the Napoleonic era : the cradle of patriotic nationalism / Sharon Worley ; with a foreword by Gerard Gengembre

Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 502 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Contents The salon as a political arena and the development of Germaine de Stael's literary theory -- Gendered reconstruction of feminist authority in the Prince's Parlor: historicism and fiction in Stephanie Genlis' royalist politics; Juliette Recamier and Prince Augustus of Prussia in Genlis's Athenais -- Hieroglyph and symbol: aesthetics and morality in the harmony of the spheres; the estate as icon and allegory of the state: literature, art collections, public monuments, and national identity; classical mythology and Christian iconography as moral signifiers -- The Apollonian muse in Germaine de Stael's Corinne -- Italian cultural patrimony and memories of revolution: the anti-Napoleonic Florence salon of Louise Stolberg and Germaine de Stael's Corinne -- Germaine de Stael and Napoleon: resistance in antithesis; Napoleon and the cult of empire -- Drama as political propaganda: de Stael's De l'Allemagne and the heroic archetype; romanticism as a definition of German character -- Ethical aesthetics and national identity in Dorothea Schlegel's Florentin Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- In literature. Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 fast Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 fast Subject European literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Women and literature -- Europe -- History -- 19th century Salons -- Europe -- History Women -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Women -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 19th century Nationalism and literature -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Nationalism and literature -- Europe -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors. European literature -- Women authors Literature Nationalism and literature Salons Women and literature Women -- Intellectual life Europe Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0773444432 9780773444430

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