Title Louise Stolberg's Florentine salon and Germaine de Stael's Coppet circle : the politics of patronage, neoclassicism and the code of freedom in Napoleonic Italy / Sharon Worley ; with a foreword by Nancy Isenberg

Published Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages, 40 variously numbered pages of plates) Contents Louise Stolberg's salon : writing the code of freedom in Florence -- The theatre of revolution in Alfieri's Casa Gianfigliazzi -- Hail solitary ruins : the code of liberty -- Stolberg and Foscolo : the conspiracy of the 'Three Graces' -- The three queens of Italy : Elise, Pauline and Caroline -- The aftermath of Napoleon and a prelude to Italy's Risorgimento Summary Worley's book brings a new perspective on the intellectual debates in the development of nationalistic movements leading up to the Risorgimento in Italy. Her study reveals how the efforts of key feminine ideologists established the roots of Italian reunification through artistic patronage. The salons of these important women enabled daring artists to walk that fine line between creativity and treason as they politicized their art. In the search for nationalist symbols, members of Louise Stolberg's Florentine salon looked back to national histories and literature. The histories of the Italian Renaissance and ancient Rome were emphasized, as they contained the nascent germs of republicanism and democracy. The politicization of art and literature was thus implicit in the worship of the cult of liberty and freedom. Romantic impulses toward creativity and freedom were also translated into national egalitarian impulses toward unity and democracy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index Notes Print version record Subject Albany, Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuele, Princess of Stolberg-Gedern, calling herself Countess of, 1752-1824. Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817. SUBJECT Albany, Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuele, Princess of Stolberg-Gedern, calling herself Countess of, 1752-1824 fast Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 fast Subject Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 18th century Salons -- Italy -- Florence Women intellectuals -- Italy -- Florence Authors and patrons -- Italy -- Florence Neoclassicism (Literature) -- Italy Nationalism and literature -- Italy -- History -- 18th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian. Authors and patrons Intellectual life Nationalism and literature Neoclassicism (Literature) Salons Women and literature Women intellectuals SUBJECT Coppet (Switzerland) -- Intellectual life Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century Subject Italy Italy -- Florence Switzerland -- Coppet Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Isenberg, Nancy, writer of foreword ISBN 9780779907717 077990771X

Other Titles Politics of patronage, neoclassicism and the code of freedom in Napoleonic Italy

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