De l'Allemagne

About “De l'Allemagne”

On Germany, also known as Germany, is a book by the French writer Germaine de Staël that explores German culture, with a focus on German Romanticism. It introduces the term "Romantic literature" to audiences in France and other parts of Europe. The book was first published in 1810, with an initial print run of 10,000 copies, but this edition was destroyed by order of Napoleon. A second edition was published in 1813. The work had a significant influence on the development of Romanticism in France and beyond. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)