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Martyrs' Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England
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Martyrs' Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New EnglandMartyrs' Mirror examines the folklore of martyrdom among seventeenth-century New England Protestants, exploring how they imagined themselves within biblical and historical narratives of persecution. Memories of martyrdom, especially stories of the Protestants killed during the reign of Queen Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, were central to a model of holiness and political legitimacy. The colonists of early New England drew on this historical imagination in order to strengthen their authority in matters of religion during times of distress.
 
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Chopin's Polish Ballade: Op. 38 as Narrative of National Martyrdom
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Chopin's Polish Ballade: Op. 38 as Narrative of National MartyrdomChopin's Polish Ballade: Op. 38 as Narrative of National Martyrdom

Chopin's Second Ballade, Op. 38 is frequently performed, and takes only seven or so minutes to play. Yet the work remains very poorly understood--disagreement prevails on issues from its tonic and two-key structure to its posited relationship with the poems of Adam Mickiewicz. Chopin's Polish Ballade is a reexamination and close analysis of this famous work, revealing the Ballade as a piece with a powerful political story to tell.

 
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