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Staël, Germaine de

(Encyclopedia) Staël, Germaine deStaël, Germaine dezhĕrmĕnˈ də stäl [key], 1766–1817, French-Swiss woman of letters, whose full name was Anne Louise Germaine Necker, baronne de Staël-Holstein. Born…

Staël, Nicholas de

(Encyclopedia) Staël, Nicholas deStaël, Nicholas denēkôläˈ də stäl [key], 1914–55, French painter, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. Reared in Brussels, he traveled extensively before settling in France in…

Vigée-Lebrun, Élisabeth

(Encyclopedia) Vigée-Lebrun, ÉlisabethVigée-Lebrun, Élisabethālēzäbĕtˈ vēzhāˈ-ləbröNˈ [key], 1755–1842, French portrait painter; pupil of her father, the painter Louis Vigée. She was influenced by…

Constant, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Constant, Benjamin (Henri Benjamin Constant de Rebecque)Constant, BenjaminäNrēˈ bäNzhämăNˈ kôNstäNˈ də rəbĕkˈ [key], 1767–1830, French-Swiss political writer and novelist, b. Lausanne…

Coppet

(Encyclopedia) CoppetCoppetkôpāˈ [key], village, Vaud canton, SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. It is noted for its château, once the residence of Jacques Necker and his daughter, Mme de Staël.

Necker, Suzanne (Curchod)

(Encyclopedia) Necker, Suzanne (Curchod)Necker, Suzanne (Curchod)süzänˈ kürshōˈ [key]Necker, Suzanne (Curchod) nĕkĕrˈ [key], 1739–94, French writer; wife of Jacques Necker and mother of Mme de Staël…

Brewer's: Madame

So the wife of Phillipe, Duc d'Orléans was styled in the reign of Louis XIV.; other ladies were only Madame This or That. Madame la Duchessc. Wife of Henri-Jules de Bourbon, eldest son of…

1959 National Book Awards

FictionThe Magic Barrel, Bernard MalamudNonfictionMistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael, J. Christopher HeroldPoetryWords for the Wind, Theodore Roethke

quietism

(Encyclopedia) quietism, a heretical form of religious mysticism founded by Miguel de Molinos, a 17th-century Spanish priest. Molinism, or quietism, developed within the Roman Catholic Church in…

Chamisso, Adelbert von

(Encyclopedia) Chamisso, Adelbert von (Louis Charles Adelaide de Chamisso)Chamisso, Adelbert vonäˈdəlbĕrt fən shəmĭˈsō [key], 1781–1838, German poet and naturalist, b. Château de Boncourt, France. He…