Corinne

or Italy

Madame de Staël, Sylvia Raphael, John Isbell (Assistant Professor of French, Assistant Professor of French, Indiana University)

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Worlds Classics
09 October 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Oxford World's Classics

`Look at her, she is the image of our beautiful Italy.'

Corinne, or Italy (1807) is both the story of a love affair between Oswald, Lord Nelvil and a beautiful poetess, and an homage to the landscape, literature and art of Italy.

On arriving in Italy, Oswald immediately falls under Corinne's magical spell as she is crowned a national genius at the Captitol. Yet, on returning to England, he succumbs to convention and honours his late father's wish by marrying the dutiful English girl, Lucile, despite having learned that Corinne is Lucile's Italian half-sister. Corinne dies of a broken heart and Lord Nelvil is left with a seared conscience.

Staël weaves discreet French Revolutionary political allusion and allegory into her romance, and its publication saw her order of exile renewed by Napoleon. Indeed, the novel stands as the birth of modern nationalism, and introduces to French usage the word `nationalitié'.

It is also one of the first works to put a woman's creativity centre stage.

Sylvia Raphael's new translation preserves the natural character of the French original and the edition is complemented by notes and and introduction which serve to set an extraordinary work of European Romanticism in its historical and political contexts.

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By: Madame de Staël
Introduction by: John Isbell (Assistant Professor of French Assistant Professor of French Indiana University)
Edited and translated by: Sylvia Raphael
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780199554607
ISBN 10: 0199554609
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 09 October 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Corinne: or Italy

This biography of Stael opens by asking 'How does writing beget exile, and exile writing?', and in response the nine chronologically ordered chapters offer insightful and bold analysis of Stael's life and mentality. * Forum for Modern Language Studies *