Germaine de Stael in Germany

Germaine de Staël and German Women: Gender and Literary Authority (1800-1850) investigates Staël''s significance as an icon of female artistic genius and political engagement for two generations of German women, including Caroline A. Fischer, Caroline Pichler, Johanna Schopenhauer, Bettina von Arnim, Ida Hahn-Hahn, and Luise Mühlbach. These authors drew a significant impetus from Staël''s exemplar...