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Élisa Mercœur
Élisa Mercœur (24 June 1809 in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, 7 January 1835 in Paris) was a French writer, poet and essayist and was one of the most prominent names in Breton language, Breton Romanticism. Mercœur was a child prodigy and autodidacticism, autodidact, who published two collections of elegy, elegies, the first one when she was 16. During her lifetime, she was known as "La Muse armoricaine" (The Armorican Muse) and was widely known throughout France. After Mercœur's death in 1835, her mother posthumously edited her work to ensure it survived for posterity and in the process constructed much of her modern image as a virginal child prodigy. According to Wendy Greenberg, "her notoriety was based on an apparent acceptance of dominant views concerning femininity and shows clear engagement with the model of masculine genius and voice". Mercœur is renowned more for her tragically short life rather than her poetry, which has largely been forgotten. It wasn't until 1990 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (, literally ''Saint-Sébastien on Loire''; br, Sant-Sebastian-an-Enk) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the southeast, across the river Loire. It has two railway stations on the line to Clisson: Saint-Sébastien-Pas-Enchantés station, Saint-Sébastien-Pas-Enchantés and Saint-Sébastien-Frêne-Rond station, Saint-Sébastien-Frêne-Rond. The territory of the commune was occupied at the earliest 3,000 years before our era. During the Revolution, despite its proximity to Nantes, the commune sided massively against the Republic and joined the Vendée insurrection of March 1793. Population Twin towns - sister cities Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire is twinned with: * Cernavodă, Romania * Glinde, Schleswig-Holstein, Glinde, Germany * Kaposvár, Hungary * Kati, Mali * Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
