Madame de Staël
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Philosophy, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, French Revolution, Reign of Terror
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 19th Century European History, 18th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: Madame de Staël publicly articulated the liberal, rational opposition to the injustices and corruption of the French government during the Revolution and under Napoleon I. Her social and literary criticism, as well as her colorful personal life, placed her in the vanguard of the Romantic movement, and her two major novels constitute early treatments of the concerns of women.
Early Life
Madame de Staël was born Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker in Paris on April 22, 1766, the only child of Suzanne Curchod Necker, the beautiful and highly...
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