1884 carte de visite from photograph of painting by Ernst Hader (LoC Prints and Photographs, LC-USZ62-118849) | Madame de Staël (1766–1817)Includes the names: Mme De Stael, Mme. de Stael, Mme de Staël, Madam de Stael, Madame de Stael, Stael Madame de, Madame de Stael, Madame de Staël, Madame de Staël, Germaine De Stael ... (see complete list), GERMAINE DE STAEL, Baroness De Stael, Germiane de Stael, Germaine de Staël, Germaine de Staël, mme. De Staël, de (Madame) Staël, De Staël Baroness, Madame de Staël, Anne Louise de Stael, Mme La Baronne De Stael, Madame Stael de Holstein, Madame Germaine De Stael, Mme. La Banonne de Staël, Madame Germaine de Staël, Madame De Stael- Holstein, Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Baroness de. Stael-Helstein, Germaine de Stäel-Holstein, Madame de Stael et la Suisse, Stael Madame la Baronne de ., Madame Germaine de Staël, Anne-Louise-Germaine de Stael, Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Germaine de Stäel-Holstein, Anne-Louise Germaine von Staël, Anne Louise Germaine Stael -Holstein, DE STAËL Baronne Anne Louise Germaine, Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Madame (Anne-Louise-Germaine) de Staël, Anne Louise Germaine de STAËL HOLSTEIN, Madame De Stael (Translated By Doris Beik), Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Anne-Louise-Germaine, Madame de Staël-Holstein, Baroness De Stael-Holstein; Introduction Margaret, Baroness Rocca, formerly Staël-Holstein. Anne Louise Germaine de, 680 (5,631) | 47 | 32,190 | (3.91) | 1 | 0 | Germaine de Stael, the daughter of a Swiss banker, was "the first woman of middle-class origins to impress herself, through her own genius, on all the major public events of her time---events political, literary, in every sense revolutionary" (Ellen Moers). Mme de Stael presided over a Paris salon in which the greatest minds of the day met and conversed. Her cosmopolitan liberalism so offended Napoleon that he once forbade her to come within 40 miles of Paris. Mme de Stael's writing helped lay the cultural foundations of French romanticism. Her essay De l'Allegmagne (Of Germany) (1810) introduced German romantic poetry and philosophy to the French. Her novels depicted strong-willed heroines driven by passion and intellectual curiosity but constrained by social conventions. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Corinne, or Italy … (more) |
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Canonical name | | Legal name | | Other names | | Date of birth | | Date of death | | Burial location | | Gender | | Nationality | | Country (for map) | | Birthplace | | Place of death | | Cause of death | | Places of residence | | Education | | Occupations | | Relationships | | Organizations | | Awards and honors | | Agents | | Short biography | Madame de Staël, née Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker was born in Paris, France, a daughter of Jacques Necker, King Louis XVI's Minister of Finance. Her mother Suzanne Curchod Necker was a famous salonnière and published author whose circle included Edward Gibbon and Denis Diderot. In 1786, she was married to Baron Erik Magnus de Staël, a Swedish diplomat and politician. As the Swedish ambassador, Madame de Staël's husband had political immunity during the early years of the French Revolution, enabling her to remain in France and help others to flee. Then in 1792, she herself was forced to flee to Switzerland. On returning in May 1797, she established her own salon and became a leader of progressive politics and intellectual life in Paris. She was known as a brilliant conversationalist and the epitome of European culture. Her writings included novels, plays, poems, moral and political essays, literary criticism, history, and memoirs. Her work was highly influential in establishing the Romantic movement. She was an open opponent of the rule of the Emperor Napoleon, and he ordered her into exile in 1802. She returned again to Paris in 1814 after he was defeated.  | |
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