Angelica Goodden (born 1963) is a British academic. She is an emeritus professor at Oxford University and the author of multiple books including Miss Angel: The Art and World of Angelica Kauffman and Madame de Staël: The Dangerous Exile.

Angelica Goodden
Born1963 (age 60–61)
OccupationEmeritus Professor of French, Fellow of St Hilda’s College
NationalityBritish
EducationM.A., D.Litt.[1]
Website
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/people/a-r-goodden

Biography

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Goodden is a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford University, whose principal area of research and study is 18th and 19th century French culture, in particular literature and painting.[1] Gooden has authored several biographical books, including on subjects such as Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Germaine de Staël, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.[2][3][4]

In 2005 she published a biography of the Swiss neoclassical painter Angelica Kaufman. The book, Miss Angel: The Art and World of Angelica Kauffman, was generally well received by critics. John McEwan of the Literary Review claimed it as "an amusing and solid biography". Kirkus concluded their review saying that "Goodden's well-measured life of the artist may help bring Kauffman's oeuvre back to light", however Tom Williams for The Observer did note that the book made it "impossible to engage with the woman who was Angelica Kauffman".[5][6][7][8]

Goodden also publishes reviews for the journal of French Studies and the London Review of Books.[9][10] As a sufferer of multiple sclerosis, Gooden has developed innovative solutions to maintain access and accommodate her specialised needs.[11][12]

Works

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  • Actio and Persuasion. Dramatic Performance in Eighteenth-Century France (1986; ISBN 9780198158363)[13]
  • The Complete Lover: Eros, Nature and Artifice in the 18th-Century French Novel (1989; ISBN 9780198158202)[14]
  • The Sweetness of Life: A Biography of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1997; ISBN 9780233990217)[2][5]
  • Madame de Staël: Delphine and Corinne (2000; ISBN 9780729304177)[15]
  • The Backward Look: Memory and Writing Self in France 1580-1920 (2001; ISBN 9781351198493)[16]
  • The Eighteenth-Century Body: Art, History, Literature, Medicine (Editor; 2002; ISBN 9783906768502)[17]
  • Diderot and the Body (2002; ISBN 9781900755566)[18]
  • Miss Angel: The Art and World of Angelica Kauffman (2005; ISBN 9781446448359)[6][8][19][5][7]
  • Madame de Staël: The Dangerous Exile (2008; ISBN 9780191528774)[3][20]
  • Rousseau's Hand: The Crafting of a Writer (2013; ISBN 9780199683833)[4][21]
  • The Marvellous Miss Macbeths (2023; ISBN 9781838406530)[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "A R Goodden". Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE A BIOGRAPHY OF ELISABETH LOUISE VIGÉE LE BRUN". Kirkus Reviews. 15 December 1998. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b Rowe, Paul (1 July 2009). "Madame de Staël: The Dangerous Exile". French Studies. 63 (3). OUP: 349. doi:10.1093/fs/knp091. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b Fontana, Biancamaria (23 January 2014). "Rousseau's Hand: The Crafting of a Writer, by Angelica Goodden". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b c McEwen, John (September 2005). "She Knew Not The Nude". Literary Review. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "MISS ANGEL THE ART AND WORLD OF ANGELICA KAUFFMAN". Kirkus Reviews. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b Wild, Min (11 September 2005). "Miss Angel: the art and world of Angelica Kauffman by Angelica Goodden". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b Williams, Tom (6 August 2006). "Controversy corner". Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Angelica Goodden". London Review of Books. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Goodden". French Studies. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  11. ^ "A CAPITAL townhouse with a unique "invisible" wheelchair lift hidden in the external steps has gone on sale". Edinburgh Evening News. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Townhouse with unique "invisible" wheelchair lift goes on sale". Glasgow Herald. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  13. ^ De Rougemont, M (1988). "Actio and Persuasion. Dramatic Performance in Eighteenth-Century France. By Angelica Goodden. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986". Theatre Research International. 13 (2). Cambridge University Press: 162–163. doi:10.1017/S0307883300014504. S2CID 162192023.
  14. ^ Nokes, David (June 1989). "The Amazing Mrs Charke". London Review of Books. 11 (11). Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  15. ^ Birkett, Jennifer (2006). "Madame de Staël: 'Delphine' and 'Corinne'". French Studies: 125–126. doi:10.1093/fs/kni328. Archived from the original on 3 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  16. ^ Bissière, Michèle (2003). "Reviewed Work: The Backward Look: Memory and the Writing Self in France, 1580-1920 by Angelica Goodden". The French Review. 76 (3). American Association of Teachers of French: 592–593. JSTOR 3133369.
  17. ^ "The eighteenth-century body : art, history, literature, medicine / Angelica Goodden (ed.)". Wellcome Collection. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  18. ^ Adams, D.J. (2003). "Review: Diderot and the Body". French Studies. 57 (2): 236–237. doi:10.1093/fs/57.2.236. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  19. ^ Hill, Rosemary (15 December 2005). "Even Purer than Before". London Review of Books. 27 (24). Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  20. ^ Franklin, Caroline (2009). "Review of Madame de Staël: The Dangerous Exile, by Angelica Goodden". Modern Language Review. 104 (3): 867–869. doi:10.1353/mlr.2009.0269. S2CID 246646787.
  21. ^ Darlow, Mark (5 January 2015). "Rousseau's Hand: The Crafting of a Writer". French Studies. 69 (1): 96–97. doi:10.1093/fs/knu292. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  22. ^ "The Marvellous Miss Macbeths". CornerHouse Publications. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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