LEADER 03757nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910456357803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-300-17624-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300176247 035 $a(CKB)2470000000000748 035 $a(OCoLC)647823037 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10310918 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484619 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332334 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484619 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594798 035 $a(PQKB)10789665 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420418 035 $a(DE-B1597)486781 035 $a(OCoLC)1024022553 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300176247 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420418 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310918 035 $a(EXLCZ)992470000000000748 100 $a20080205d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGermaine de Stae?l & Benjamin Constant$b[electronic resource] $ea dual biography /$fRenee Winegarten 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11925-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (319-326) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPrologue -- $t1. A Chance Encounter -- $t2. Prodigies -- $t3. A Bold Throw -- $t4. Enter the Hero -- $t5. A New Order -- $t6. Journey into the Unknown -- $t7. Corinne and Adolphe -- $t8. The Flight to Freedom -- $t9. Reunion in Paris-and After -- $t10. The Death of Corinne -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aWhen they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Staël 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 compelling dual biography tells the extraordinary 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 Staël's and Constant's singular contributions to a new literature and to the history of liberty. 517 3 $aGermaine de Stae?l and Benjamin Constant 606 $aAuthors, French$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aIntellectuals$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aNovelists, Swiss$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aWomen authors, French$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aWomen intellectuals$zFrance$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, French 615 0$aIntellectuals 615 0$aNovelists, Swiss 615 0$aWomen authors, French 615 0$aWomen intellectuals 676 $a944.04092 700 $aWinegarten$b Renee$0704696 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456357803321 996 $aGermaine de Stae?l & Benjamin Constant$92482814 997 $aUNINA