Searching For Cunegonde
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| Author | : Scott R. Larson |
| Publisher | : Scott R. Larson |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2020-09-28 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1733194746 |
In a remote corner of Connemara, a reclusive American lives out his days, waiting for the inevitable moment when his past catches up with him. Now a photojournalist, Dallas Green’s life has led him from the farmlands of California to Pinochet’s Chile, to the boulevards of Paris, to Berlin at the moment of reunification, and finally to the West of Ireland. Searching for Cunégonde continues the story of the protagonist of Maximilian and Carlotta Are Dead and Lautaro’s Spear against a historical backdrop spanning the dawn of the 1980s to the early 1990s. Will he finally put to rest the ghosts of his past, particularly the missing friend who has remained an obsession since losing track of him years earlier? A lost soul doing his best to find his way through the latter twentieth century, Dallas is witness to a tumultuous world where the only thing that is permanent is change. Throughout it all, he is always drawn back to the woman he cannot forget and with whom he knows he is meant to be.
| Author | : Voltaire Voltaire |
| Publisher | : Xist Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2016-04-02 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1681959526 |
Candide by Voltaire from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?' Do you believe,' said Martin, 'that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?” ― Voltaire, Candide Candide is a young man who is raised in wealth to be an optimist but when he is forced to make his own way in the world, his assumptions and outlook are challenged.
| Author | : Voltaire |
| Publisher | : Nicolae Sfetcu |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Translated and illustrated by Nicolae Sfetcu. A philosophical tale, a story of a journey that will transform the eponymous hero into a philosopher. An important debate on fatalism and the existence of Evil. For a long time Voltaire has been fiercely opposed to the ideas of the philosopher Leibniz concerning God, the "principle of sufficient reason," and his idea of "pre-established harmony." God is perfect, the world can not be, but God has created the best possible world. Evil exists punctually, but it is compensated elsewhere by an infinitely great good. Nothing happens without there being a necessary cause. An encouragement to fatalism. Voltaire opposes to this optimism that he considers smug, a lucid vision on the world and its imperfections, a confidence in the man who is able to improve his condition. In Candide, Voltaire openly attacks Leibnizian optimism and makes Pangloss a ridiculous defender of this philosophy. Criticism of optimism is the main theme of the tale: each of the adventures of the hero tends to prove that it is wrong to believe that our world is the best of all possible worlds.
| Author | : Benjamin J. Kaplan |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2014-10-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300189974 |
In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle of violence, starting a kind of religious war in the village and its surrounding region. Contradicting our current understanding, this war erupted at the height of the Age of Enlightenment, famous for its religious toleration. Cunegonde’s Kidnapping tells in vivid detail the story of this hitherto unknown conflict. Drawing characters, scenes, and dialogue straight from a body of exceptional primary sources, it is the first microhistorical study of religious conflict and toleration in early modern Europe. In it, Benjamin J. Kaplan explores the dilemmas of interfaith marriage and the special character of religious life in a borderland, where religious dissenters enjoy unique freedoms. He also challenges assumptions about the impact of Enlightenment thought and suggests that, on a popular level, some parts of eighteenth-century Europe may not have witnessed a “rise of toleration.”
| Author | : Voltaire, |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2008-04-17 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0199535612 |
"The story of Candide, a naive youth who is conscripted, shipwrecked, robbed, and tortured by the Inquisition without losing his will to live, is accompanied by four other stories"--NoveList.
| Author | : Stilovsky |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2020-05-26 |
| Genre | : Study Aids |
| ISBN | : 1728353513 |
Literature of all kinds plays such an important place in our lives whether it’s biography, classics, crime or poetry. In this non-fiction volume you will find a mine of facts which will fascinate all who love books. Felix Schrödinger and Pyotr Stilovsky have compiled in this, the sixth volume of the series, a compendium of information that will appeal to all who love language and especially those who seek out knowledge for its own sake.
| Author | : Hal Leonard Corp. |
| Publisher | : Hal Leonard |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2019-10-01 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1540097722 |
(Vocal Collection). A collection of songs from the musical stage presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. There is no duplication from prior volumes! Contents: AMELIE: Thin Air * ANASTASIA: My Petersburg * Still * ANNIE: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile * THE BAND'S VISIT: Papi Hears the Ocean * Answer Me * BE MORE CHILL: Michael in the Bathroom * THE BOOK OF MORMON: I Believe * CANDIDE: Bon Voyage * CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Goodbye * DEAR EVAN HANSEN: Waving Through a Window * For Forever * Words Fail * EVER AFTER: Right Before My Eyes * FINDING NEVERLAND: If the World Turned Upside Down * Neverland * FROZEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL: Hans of the Southern Isles * In Summer * Kristoff Lullaby * A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER: Stop! Wait! What?! * HAMILTON: You'll Be Back * THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME: Made of Stone * KINKY BOOTS: Step One * A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC: Later * THE MAD ONES: Run Away With Me * MEAN GIRLS: Stop * THE PAJAMA GAME: A New Town Is a Blue Town * PARADE: Pretty Music * THE SECRET GARDEN: Race You to the Top of the Morning * SOMETHING ROTTEN!: Hard to Be the Bard * SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE: Lesson #8 * TOOTSIE: Waddya Do * TUCK EVERLASTING: Top of the World * Time
| Author | : Helen Smith |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2017-07-05 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1351539221 |
Leonard Bernstein was the quintessential American musician. Through his careers as conductor, pianist, teacher and television personality he became known across the US and the world, his flamboyance and theatricality making him a favourite with audiences, if not with critics. However, he is perhaps best remembered as a composer, particularly of the musical West Side Story, and for songs such as 'America', 'Tonight' and 'Somewhere'. Dr Helen Smith takes an in-depth look at all eight of Bernstein's musical theatre works, from the early On the Town written by the 26-year-old composer at the start of his career, to his second and last opera A Quiet Place in 1983; in between these two pieces he composed music for Trouble in Tahiti, Wonderful Town, Candide, West Side Story, Mass and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. These works are analysed and considered against a background of musical and social context, as well as looking at Bernstein's other orchestral, choral and chamber works. One important aspect examined is Bernstein's use of motifs in his theatre compositions, which takes them out of the realms of Broadway and into the sphere of symphonic writing. Smith provides an indispensable overview of the musical theatre works of an eclectic composer, and shows what it is that constitutes the Bernstein 'sound'.
| Author | : Francois Voltaire |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1950-06-30 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780140440041 |
"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" It was the indifferent shrug and callous inertia that this "optimism" concealed which so angered Voltaire, who found the "all for the best" approach a patently inadequate response to suffering, to natural disasters, not to mention the questions of illness and man-made war. Moreover, as the rebel whose satiric genius had earned him not only international acclaim, but two stays in the Bastille, flogging, and exile, Voltaire knew personally what suffering entailed. In Candide he whisks his young hero and friends through a ludicrous variety of tortures, tragedies, and a reversal of fortune, in the company of Pangloss, a "metaphysico-theologo-comolo-nigologist" of unflinching optimism. The result is one of the glories of eighteenth-century satire. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
| Author | : Francois Marie Arouet |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 71 |
| Release | : 1999-03-03 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0544180135 |
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. CliffsNotes on Candide explores the best known philosophic tale from Voltaire. The tale is a vehicle for his profoundest views on politics, religion, and philosophy. At the same time, it is an adventure tale about a young hero who travels far and wide and experiences great dangers. With this study guide, you’ll see why Voltaire is considered among the greatest satirists in literature. Along with detailed explanations of the plot, your understanding will increase with insight into the life and times of the author. Other features that help you study include Background on Voltaire’s contemporaries and influences Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays Review questions Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
