Biancamaria Fontana, Germaine de Staël : a political portrait.

Parution en mai 2016 aux Princeton University Press de l'essai de Biancamaria Fontana (Université de Lausanne), consacré à l'oeuvre et à la pensée politique de Germaine de Staël.

« Germaine de Staël (1766–1817) is perhaps best known today as a novelist, literary critic, and outspoken and independent thinker. Yet she was also a prominent figure in politics during the French Revolution. Biancamaria Fontana sheds new light on this often overlooked aspect of Staël’s life and work, bringing vividly to life her unique experience as a political actor in a world where women had no place ».

Le livre est à commander en ligne aux Princeton University Press et l’introduction consultable sur le même lien.Fontana