(Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein: 22 April 1766 – 14 July 1817; photo is from Wikipedia)An Indiana connection to this French-speaking author of Swiss origin? Bien sûr!
The Madame de Staël Collection resides at Butler University, Indianapolis.
”The more I see of men the more I like dogs,” is one of Madame de Staël’s oftquoted epigrams. During her lifetime, Staël’s words were powerful enough to have her banned from her home country. Napoleon was so upset by her praise for German culture in De l’Allemagne that in 1810 he exiled Staël from France."
The collection, donated by Esther A. Renfrew Paddock, contains materials by and about Madame de Staël. Some items are in French. Materials are cataloged in the library’s on-line catalog and may be found by searching on the following form of Staël’s name as both author and subject: Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817.
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