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100 1 $aWinegarten, Renee.
245 10 $aGermaine de Staël & Benjamin Constant :$ba dual biography /$cRenee Winegarten.
246 3 $aGermaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2008.
300 $a343 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (319-326) and index.
505 00 $tA chance encounter --$tProdigies --$tA bold throw --$tEnter the hero --$tA new order --$tJourney into the unknown --$tCorinne and Adolphe --$tThe flight to freedom --$tReunion in Paris--and after --$tThe death of Corinne.
520 1 $a"When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant were both in their twenties, both married, and both outsiders. She was already celebrated and a published writer, whereas he, though ambitious, was unknown. This dual biography tells the story of their union and disunion, set against a European background of momentous events and dramatic social and cultural change. Renee Winegarten offers new perspectives on each of the protagonists, revealing their rare qualities and their all-too-human failings as well as the complex nature of their debt to one another." "Their passionate and productive relationship endured on and off for seventeen years. Winegarten traces their story largely through their own words - letters and autobiographical writings - and illuminates the deep intellectual and visceral bond they shared despite disparate personalities and gifts. Exploring their relationships with Napoleon and the Bourbons, their different responses to the momentous upheavals of postrevolutionary France, their support of individual liberty with order, and more, the book concludes with an appreciation of de Stael's and Constant's singular contributions to a new literature and to the history of liberty."--Jacket.
600 10 $aStaël,$cMadame de$q(Anne-Louise-Germaine),$d1766-1817.
600 10 $aConstant, Benjamin,$d1767-1830.
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650 0 $aWomen authors, French$y19th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen intellectuals$zFrance$vBiography.
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