Lord Byron and Madame de Staël: Born for OppositionRoutledge, 13. aug. 2018 - 210 sider Published in 1999. Lord Byron and Madam de Stael made a great impression on Europe in the throes of the Napoleonic Wars, through their personalities, the versions of themselves which they projected through their works, and their literary engagement with contemporary life. However, the strong links between them have never before been explored in detail. This pioneering study looks at their personal relations, from their verbal sparring in Regency society, through the friendship which developed in Switzerland after Byron left England in 1816, to Byron’s tributes to Mme de Stael after her death. It concentrates on their literary links, both direct responses to each other’s works, and the copious evidence of shared concerns. The study deals with their treatment of gender, their grappling with the possibilities for heroic endeavour, their engagement with the social and political situations of Britain, France and Italy, and their conceptions of the role of the writer. Although Byron will need no introduction, Mme de Stael’s standing as a French romantic writer of the first rank is made plain by the strong impact of her writings on the English Poet. |
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... comparable ones, and means, for example, that in the relevant areas of scholarship we both recognize and cut innovatively across such parameters as those suggested by the designations 'Romantic' and 'Victorian'. We welcome new ideas ...
... comparing her husband's virility with his own.15 This notwithstanding, Albertine and Victor de Broglie had several children, and one of them, Louise de Cléron, Comtesse d'Haussonville, went on to write an unreliable but interesting two ...
... Comparing the two writers in their handling of this theme clarifies important aspects of the outlook of both. There are intriguing links between Staël and Byron as well in their approaches to another issue recurrent in their works, love ...
... compared unfavourably with the societies of other countries. Both Staël and Byron had an unusually cosmopolitan outlook on the state of Europe for a time when years of revolution and war were fostering intolerance and jingoism ...
... comparing the spirits and the ideals of one people with those of another'.40 Yet Staël, despite her Swiss and German ancestry, her admiration for German and Italian culture, and her fervour for the political system of Britain, never ...
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Their She Condition | |
Heroines and Heroes | |
Citizens of the World | |
Born for Opposition | |
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