An 1810 treatise on German manners was suppressed by Napoleon.
The Influence of Literature and Society proposes a theory later expounded upon by Hippolyte Taine, namely that a work must express the zeitgeist of the nation where it was conceived. An 1810 treatise on German manners was suppressed by Napoleon. The author's first work, Reflections on the Queen's Trial, was an attempt to save Marie Antoinette. The author of two novels, one about a misunderstood woman and the other about a French woman who marries an Englishman and moves to Italy. For 10 points, identify this Romantic author and founder of a literary salon, the daughter of the banker Jacques Necker.
The Influence of Literature and Society proposes a theory later expounded upon by Hippolyte Taine, namely that a work must express the zeitgeist of the nation where it was conceived.
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