Madame de Staël, novelist : the emergence of the artist as woman

Gutwirth, Madelyn

Madame de Staël, novelist : the emergence of the artist as woman / Madelyn Gutwirth - xii, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-318) and index.

Prologue : eighteen-century fiction and woman's place "La curchodine" Writing out Delphine—backgrounds Delphine—the failure of nostalgia Corinne—origins Corinne—the frozen vision and the thaw Corinne—the prophecy What was Corinne?

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Staël, Madame de 1766-1817 --Criticism and interpretation


Women and literature--France--18th century--History

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