Delicate, Passionate World - Referenced Resources

Ch. 1 - Ch. 6

  • Alexandre Guerra (music)

  • Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal (poetry)

  • Gone with the Wind (novel, film)

  • Sèvres Porcelain (history/luxury)

  • New Orleans (travel/history/tourism)

  • Cafe du Monde and beignets (food/history/tourism)

  • Old Grand-Dad (bourbon whiskey)

 Ch. 7 - Ch. 12 Part I

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Felix Mendelssohn (music)

  • King Arthur’s Knights, Howard Pyle (literature)

  • The Count of Monte Christo, The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas (literature)

  • Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Mendelssohn (music)

  • Songs Without Words, Mendelssohn (piano music)

  • The Columns Hotel (travel/history/tourism)

  • Camille, with Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor (film)

  • Southern Louisiana Plantations (Laurel Valley, Madewood, Houmas House, Ormond House, etc.)

  • Shakespeare’s “Henry V” (literature)

  • Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson (history)

  • The Mainz Psalter (literature/history)

  • The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien (literature)

  • Follow the Fleet, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers (film)

  • Let Yourself Go, Irving Berlin (music)

  • Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, transl. Brian Hooker (literature)

  • Galatoire’s Restaurant (food/history/tourism)

  • Mardi Gras (culture/history/tourism)

  • Psyche and Eros, statue by Canova (fine art)

Ch. 12 Par II - Ch. 18

  • The Eve of St. Agnes, John Keats (poetry)

  • Tristan and Isolde, the legend (literature) and the opera (music)

  • Johnann Strauss, waltzes (music)

  • Nessun Dorma, Durandot, Puccini (music)

  • The Trout, Schubert (music)

  • Gymnopédie I, Erik Satie (music)

  • “She” and “King Solomon’s Mines”, Henry Rider Haggard (literature)

  • Charleston, South Carolina (travel/history/tourism)

  • Shall We Dance, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers (film)

  • Hotel Monteleone (travel/history/tourism)

  Ch. 19 - Ch. 24

  • New Orleans cuisine (travel/tourism/food)

  • Staatsoper, Vienna (travel/tourism)

  • Zentralfriedhof, Vienna (travel/tourism)

  • Riesenrad Ferris Wheel, Vienna (travel/tourism)

  • Hotel Imperial, Vienna (travel/history/tourism)

  • Hotel Sacher, Salzburg (travel/history/tourism)

  • Bellevue Palace Hotel, Bern (travel/history/tourism)

  • Bayerischer Hof Hotel, Munich (travel/history/tourism)

  • St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans (travel/tourism)

  • Lemon trees (horticultural)

  • Antoine’s Restaurant (food/history/tourism)

  • St. Patrick’s Church, New Orleans (travel/tourism)

  • Wedding March, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Felix Mendelssohn (music)

  • Army Air Corps (history)