The Birth of European Romanticism: Truth and Propaganda in Staël's 'de l'Allemagne', 1810-1813

by John Claiborne Isbell

Book Overview

It was through Sta?l's bestseller, De l'Allemagne, that the term Romanticism, coined in Germany, reached Europe and America. Around this term, Sta?l built a new and universal agenda: her manifesto offered Napoleon's Europe an alternative to everything he stood for. In this ground-breaking work, John Claiborne Isbell reasserts Sta?l's place in history and analyzes her vast agenda, which covers every Classical and Romantic divide in art, philosophy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032008
• ISBN13: 9780521032001
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"