Alison Finch
Professor Emerita of French Literature at the University of Cambridge
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureWriters from Paris18th-century philosophersFrench Roman CatholicsFrench women philosophersConversationalistsFrench literary critics19th-century French philosophersFrench feministsFrench women novelists19th-century French novelists, 19th-century French women writersWomen in the French Revolution18th-century French women writersFrench travel writers19th-century French letter writersFrench salon-holdersConverts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism, Romantic philosophersPeople of the First French Empire
Germaine de Staël
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, works and life of Germaine de Stael (1766-1817), a literary critic, author, opponent of Napoleon and developer of Romanticism.
16 November 2017
Also featuring: Catriona Seth, Katherine Astbury
CultureFrench travel writers19th-century French novelists, 19th-century French women writersConversationalistsFrench Roman Catholics19th-century French letter writersFrench women philosophersFrench literary criticsWriters from Paris19th-century French philosophersFrench salon-holdersFrench feminists18th-century philosophersConverts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism, Romantic philosophersWomen in the French Revolution18th-century French women writersPeople of the First French EmpireFrench women novelists