CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - Hardcover

De Stael, Germaine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865977313 ISBN 13: 9780865977310

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc., 2008

Synopsis

<p><strong><em>Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution</em></strong> was a winner in the Scholarly/Reference category at the Chicago Book Clinic’s 2009 Book &amp; Media Show.</p> <p>Germaine de Staël’s voice, which Napoleon Bonaparte tried to silence by censorship and banishment, is a unique and important contribution to revolutionary historiography.</p> <p><strong><em>Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution</em></strong>, considered Madame de Staël’s magnum opus, became a classic of liberal thinking, making a deeply original contribution to an ongoing political and historical debate in early nineteenth-century France and Europe.</p> <p><strong>Germaine de Staël</strong> (1766–1817) rose to fame as a novelist, critic, political thinker, sociologist of literature, and autobiographer.</p> <p><strong>Aurelian Craiutu</strong> is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington.</p> <p>Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Considerations-Principal-Events-French-Revolution-ebook/dp/B0084H1VY0">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/considerations-on-the-principal-events-of-the-french-revolution-germaine-de-stael/1100759934?ean=9781614872320&amp;itm=1&amp;usri=considerations+on+the+principal+events+of+the+french+revolution">Barnes and Noble</a>, and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/considerations-on-principal/id525918275?mt=11">iTunes</a>.</p>

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In Craiutu's useful introduction, he notes the number of similarities between Staël's political ideas and other moderate Restoration liberals. . . .The primary advantage to Craiutu's updated translation is his commitment to placing Staël in the context of nineteenth-century liberalism. In addition t his fine introduction, which provides as an overview of Stael's political ideas and some of the key issues regarding Staël's life and works, Craiutu's footnotes frequently make comparisions between Staël's ideas and her contemporaries across the political spectrum, including Benjamin Constant, Fran Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

Edition details

• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865977313
• ISBN 13: 9780865977310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 834