Coppet group

The Coppet group (Groupe de Coppet), also known as the Coppet circle[1], was an informal intellectual and literary gathering centered around Germaine de Staël during the time period between the French Revolution and the Bourbon Restoration at Coppet Castle.[2][3][4] The group had a considerable influence on the development of nineteenth century liberalism and romanticism.[5][6] Stendhal referred to it as "the Estates General of European opinion."[7]

Participants

In addition to Stael, it included such prominent figures as Benjamin Constant, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Lord Byron[8], Jean de Sismondi, Jacques Necker, Charles de Villers, Charles Victor de Bonstetten, Zacharias Werner, Mathieu de Montmorency, Claude Hochet, François-René de Chateaubriand, Prosper de Barante, Victor de Broglie, Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Joseph Marie de Gérando, Juliette Récamier, and August Wilhelm Schlegel.

References

  1. ↑ Tenenbaum, Susan (1980). "The Coppet Circle. Literary Criticism as Political Discourse". History of Political Thought. 1 (2): 453–473.
  2. ↑ Lefevere, Andre (2016). Translation, Rewriting, and the Manipulation of Literary Fame. Taylor & Francis. p. 109.
  3. ↑ Fairweather, Maria (2013). Madame de Stael. Little, Brown Book Group.
  4. ↑ Hofmann, Etienne; Rosset, François (2005). Le Groupe de Coppet. Une constellation d’intellectuels européens. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes.
  5. ↑ Jaume, Lucien (2000). Coppet, creuset de l'esprit libéral: Les idées politiques et constitutionnelles du Groupe de Madame de Staël. Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille. p. 10.
  6. ↑ Delon, Michel (1996). "Le Groupe de Coppet". In Francillon, Roger. Histoire de la littérature en Suisse romande t.1. Payot,.
  7. ↑ Ellis, David (2011). Byron in Geneva: That Summer of 1816. Oxford University Press. p. 77.
  8. ↑ Guiccioli, Teresa (2005). Lord Byron's Life in Italy. University of Delaware Press. p. 77.
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