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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Poulenc's work based on Bernanos novel. But this novel based on Gertrud von le Forts "Die Letzte am Schafott". In the secondary literature about le Fort you will find works about that. Se: http://www.bbkl.de/bbkl/l/Le_Fort.shtml. There you will finde something about history and le Fort. Uwe Weigand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marjorie Greene" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 5:03 AM Subject: Re: [M-R] Dialogues des Carmelites > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I, perhaps naively, assumed that Poulenc's work was > based on the play/novel (I can't remember which) of > Georges Bernanos. It would be interesting to compare > the historical event with the two fictionalized > versions of same. > MG > --- Jo Ann McNamara <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > > religion and culture > > > > The Dialogues of the Carmelites is based on a > > genuine historical incident > > though it changes one or two details for historical > > effect. The nuns of > > Compiegne were anxious to frame their experience as > > a martyrdom and a > > sacrifice to God for the end of the Terror and did > > all they could to shape > > their execution to that end. Their are > > discrepancies in Poulenc's version > > and certainly massive "novelization" in the > > dialogues themselves but the > > main thread is accurate. Ironically, despite > > recurrent efforts (including > > under the present pope) these martyrs have yet to be > > canonized. > > > > Jo Ann McNamara > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Lermon" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:46 PM > > Subject: [M-R] St Sadok > > > > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of > > medieval religion and culture > > > > > > Is it possible that this is a source of the > > Poulenc opera "Dialogues des > > > Carmelites"? (although this involves nuns, and is > > set at Compiegne in > > 1789)? > > > David Lermon _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html