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Excerpt from Hændel: Biographie Critique
Entre tous les grands musiciens, Hoendel est celui dont les oeuvres et la vie donnent le plus constamment une impression de force, de grandeur et de volonté. Il est l'homme des choeurs monstres et des Hal/eluiahs écrasants, le poète musical de la Bible un des pro phètes de Jéhovah Il subjugue plutôt qu il ne charme et l'admiration qu'il inspire se mêle de cette crainte sacrée dont les peuples sont saisis en écoutant le lan gage des oracles ou en assistant aux phénomènes redon tables de la nature. Il parle, et nous cédons à son élo quence; mais les replis secrets de son coeur et de sa pensée nous sont fermés. Ses biographes ignorent tout de sa vie sentimentale, presque tout, de sa vie spiri tuelle. Son histoire est contenue dans la chronologie de ses compositions et dans le récit des luttes qu'il soutint pour la conquête du succès et de la gloire luttes ardentes, dont l'issue triomphale fut obtenue par l'iné branlable persévérance d'un prodigieux orgueil d'artiste, autant que par la puissance fascinatrice de son génie.
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About the author
Laura Stoddart trained at the Royal College of Art and was the youngest artist ever to be commissioned to design the Christmas stamps for the Royal Mail. Since then her work has appeared in many magazines, on greetings cards and giftwrap, and on packaging for Crabtree & Eveyln and the New York label, Kate Spade.
Summary
The pros and cons of romantic love, explored in witty words and pictures
In her long-awaited third book, Laura Stoddart turns her attention to the theme of romantic love. Her book of brief quotations, with her own distinctive illustrations, includes sections on the pursuit of love, love and marriage, and the love affair, as well as reflections on the nature of love. Wodehouse chumps chase unsuitable girls, Dorothy Parker makes acidic comments about men, Byron complains that there's nothing to write about in a happy marriage, and scores of other writers from ancient Greece to the present day supply nuggets of wisdom and humour, and delight in the strange antics of humans in the grip of love.
For every sweet sentiment Laura Stoddart has found a robust antidote, and in deliciously delicate drawings she casts a sharp eye on the follies of love. The many fans of this remarkable artist will be entranced again by her tiny, exquisite pictures and by the originality of her vision.
Foreword
The pros and cons of romantic love, explored in witty words and pictures
