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Powerful Connections: The Poetics of Patronage in the Age of Louis XIII explores the role of patronage in shaping French literary culture between 1614 and 1661 - a period that witnessed both the rise of the early modern state under Richelieu and the beginnings of modern literary culture in the salons and academies. It includes readings of texts by authors such as Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Theophile de Viau, Charles Sorel, and Pierre Corneille that reveal the personal side of political power and its impact upon literary practice.
A Moment with Eternity explores the nature of man, God and the universe. Delving deeply within himself, the writer overcomes, through personal sacrifice, the truth about existence. This book has been written in two parts. In the first half, you will explore, alongside the writer, the mysteries of the unseen realities and battle against mysterious forces that threaten your very existence. The second half of the book is full of clear, simple explanations drawn from further years of personal research. As well there are several easy exercises to assist you in expanding and developing your human potential. As you grow and develop you will continue to discover new truths. These new deeper levels of truth will reveal themselves from among the very same pages you have already read. A Moment with Eternity could be called an unforgettable transformational journey. Visit the website at BridgeToLight.com.
A detailed study of the stories dramatised in Europe before 1500.
Jazz was banned from German broadcasting as soon as the Nazis came to power in 1933. Yet throughout World War II, American jazz and swing were core components of the Third Reich's propaganda. Jazz classics such as W.C. Handy's famous St. Louis Blues, their lyrics neatly tampered with, came over the airwaves, alongside the famous Germany Calling programmes directed at Britain and allied forces around the world.