Germaine de Staël - Böcker

Sagt om boken: 

"… en sann glädje att Corinne tilldelats en fräsch svensk språkdräkt och i dag kan få nya läsare att jubla och förfäras i sina bröst."

"Romanen innehåller fortsättningsvis allt man kan önska av 1800-talslitteratur: svallande känslor, dramatiska naturscener, lyrisk kyrkogårdsromantik, tragik som drabbar individer ur höga ätter och med stora själar."

"Bland ljuspunkterna i denna mörka tid hör förlaget Natur & Kulturs serie ”Levande litteratur” som genom nyöversättningar och kunniga introduktioner ger oss tillgång till äldre verk som under sekler påverkat läsandet, skrivandet och tänkandet."Dagens Nyheter

"Corinne är så mycket mer än en roman om kvinnlig intellektuell strävan och olycklig kärlek. Med stor entusiasm och oförvitlig nit synas exempelvis flera europeiska kulturer i sömmarna. Vad utmärker dem, hur förhåller de sig till kärlek och trohet? Hur förändras en människas identitet när hon byter språk och hur ser sambandet ut mellan nationalkaraktär och litterär stil?"

"Corinne är en oumbärlig bok för den som vill få sin kärlek till Italien bekräftad, reda ut hur några av de stora europeiska kulturerna förhåller sig till varandra på djupet eller bara förvånas över en banbrytande genuskonstruktion från 1800-talet. Eller om man som läsare rätt och slätt känner att man trivs bäst i det extraordinära."Sydsvenskan

Corinne utkom 1807 och skildrar en dubbel kärlekshistoria – dels mellan den skotske adelsmannen lord Nelvil och den italienska poeten Corinne, dels mellan författaren Germaine de Staël och den italienska kulturen och konsten. Romanen är också ett pionjärverk i skildringen av en kvinnas intellektuella strävanden och förutsättningar.Under Corinnes och Nelvils stormiga relation, ständigt förmörkad av Lucile, en engelsk kvinna som Nelvils far utsett till sonens maka, ställs frågor om frihet, självförverkligande och skapande alltmer på sin spets.

Corinne föreligger nu i en nyöversättning av Jan Henrik Swahn och med ett förord av professor Kristina Fjelkestam.

Collects letters, novellas, essays, criticism, and a play by a leading intellectual of the Romantic period.

Germaine de Sta\u00ebl's first major novel, Delphine, published in 1802, is a profound commentary on the status of women during a critical period of French political history. Delphine's eighteenth-century conventional form as an epistolary novel masks its unconventional questioning of accepted values and norms. From the start, the Napoleonic government understood that Delphine was more than just a tale of tragic love. Though Sta\u00ebl disclaimed any intention of writing a political novel, the subversive aspects of a book dedicated to "The France of Silence" were not lost on Bonaparte, who prompty exiled the author from Paris. Perhaps most unacceptable to Napoleon was Sta\u00ebl's assertion of the rights of the individual, particularly those of women. The novel is especially important for its presentation of the plight of women at the end of the eighteenth century. This translation of Delphine is based on the authoritative critical French edition prepared by Simone Balay\u00e9. Goldberger's introduction places the novel in the context of Sta\u00ebl's work and the thought of the times.

Capturing eloquent observations of the Napoleonic period's most politically outspoken woman, this edition of Dix Ann\u00e9es d\u00b4Exil is the powerful memoir of Germaine de Sta\u00ebl\u00b4s tumultuous years fleeing Napoleon. Translated by an award-winning scholar, Ten Years of Exile is the only unabridged English edition of this strong-minded and passionate woman\u00b4s personal and political journal. During the French Revolution, Mme. de Sta\u00ebl\u00b4s salon became a brilliant center of political and intellectual life. Sta\u00ebl herself helped to introduce Napoleon to French society, yet like other liberals in the Constitutional Club, she soon came to oppose the increasingly powerful general. He in turn banished her from Paris in 1803 for her liberal ideas. In exile, Sta\u00ebl continued to agitate against the new master of France. When Napoleon began his great Russian campaign, she fled across Austria and Poland to avoid his advancing armies. She arrived in Moscow only weeks ahead of Napoleon and then barely escaped to England. After Napoleon\u00b4s defeat, Sta\u00ebl returned to Paris and again received ministers, generals, and sovereigns in her revived salon. As the author of beloved novels and widely read works on literature, history, and politics, Sta\u00ebl knew and corresponded with many of the leading intellectuals and politicians of her day, including Talleyrand, Schiller, and Goethe. Her memoir provides penetrating insights into the society of Napoleonic Europe and vivid portraits of the leading figures of the age, including the emperor himself. Based upon the definitive 1996 French text edited by Simone Balay\u00e9 and Mariella Bonifacio, this edition includes a new introduction by Simone Balay\u00e9 and Avriel Goldberger. Supplemented with notes, a chronology, and a map of de Sta\u00ebl\u00b4s dramatic flight across Europe, Ten Years of Exile will intrigue readers interested in biography, French history, women\u00b4s studies, political and intellectual history, literature, and the Age of Napoleon.

Germaine de Sta\u00ebl's first major novel, Delphine, published in 1802, is a profound commentary on the status of women during a critical period of French political history. Delphine's eighteenth-century conventional form as an epistolary novel masks its unconventional questioning of accepted values and norms. From the start, the Napoleonic government understood that Delphine was more than just a tale of tragic love. Though Sta\u00ebl disclaimed any intention of writing a political novel, the subversive aspects of a book dedicated to "The France of Silence" were not lost on Bonaparte, who prompty exiled the author from Paris. Perhaps most unacceptable to Napoleon was Sta\u00ebl's assertion of the rights of the individual, particularly those of women. The novel is especially important for its presentation of the plight of women at the end of the eighteenth century. This translation of Delphine is based on the authoritative critical French edition prepared by Simone Balay\u00e9. Goldberger's introduction places the novel in the context of Sta\u00ebl's work and the thought of the times.