150 years ago, in June 1867, the execution of Maximilian of Habsburg by Benito Juarez’s men marked the end of the Second Mexican Empire. One year earlier, the Empress Carlota had returned to Europe ...to request from Napoleon III that he maintain his troops in Mexico and from Pope Pius IX that he sign a concordat to save the Empire, but to no avail. With these setbacks, Carlota’s mental breakdown became increasingly obvious and noto- rious… In these pages, we recount the Belgian princess’s progressive descent into madness as told by novelists in French language. A tragic fairy tale… Il y a 150 ans, en juin 1867, l’exécution de Maximilien de Habsbourgar les hommes de Benito Juarez mettait fin au Second Empire mexicain. Un an avant, l’impératrice Charlotte de Belgique était rentrée en Europe pour prier Napoléon III de maintenir ses troupes au Mexique et le pape Pie IX de signer un concordat dans le but de sauver leur empire. En vain. Suite à ces échecs, la santé mentale de Charlotte se détériora indiscutablement... Dans ces pages, nous tentons de relater la progressive plongée de la princesse belge dans les ténèbres de la folie ainsi que la racontent les romanciers/romancières en langue fran- çaise. Un conte de fées tragique...
En este artículo se analiza el tema de la locura en tres cuentos sobre Carlota de México escritos en neerlandés: “El viento caliente”, de Monika Macken; “La Comédie Française”, de Patrick Bernauw; e ...“Ik haat je, monsieur Manet” (“Te odio, señor Manet”) de Karel Verleyen. Fueron editados por Jos Pauwels en De waanzin van Charlotte (La locura de Carlota, 2000), en un volumen de textos inspirados por el castillo de Bouchout donde la emperatriz vivió la última parte de su vida. El castillo, un lugar importante en la memoria colectiva belga sobre Carlota, se asocia con su locura. Desde el plano discursivo es llamativo el multilingüismo de la protagonista, quien en sus monólogos y diálogos incluye frases en alemán, francés y español. Nuestro objetivo principal consiste, pues, en examinar cómo los autores tratan de descifrar el enloquecimiento de este personaje histórico en textos ficticios donde se juntan la pasión, el misterio, la intriga y la mentira.
More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. InFreedom for ThemselvesRichard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from ...four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he provides a new understanding of the spectrum of black experience during and after the war.Reid examines the processes by which black men enlisted and were trained, the history of each regiment, the lives of the soldiers' families during the war, and the postwar experiences of the veterans and their families living in an ex-Confederate state. By considering four regiments from a single state, Reid presents a cross section of a wide range of experiences and assesses what experiences proved largely universal among black troops. The full freedom they fought for and dreamed of having when the war ended did not materialize in their lifetimes, but Reid shows that many of them found in the army a kind of equality that was denied them in civilian life. The postwar benefits afforded to white veterans seldom crossed the color line. The accolades African American soldiers received, Reid demonstrates, came not from a new southern society, but from within their own communities, where black soldiers were seen and recognized as heroes.
Augsburg, Universität Augsburg, Magisterarbeit, 2007
Augsburg, University of Augsburg, Master’s thesis, 2007
Augsburg, Universität Augsburg, Magisterarbeit, 2007
