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The Devils of Loudun is a 1952 non-fiction novel by Aldous Huxley . Premise. It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria that occurred in 17th-century France surrounding unexplained events that took place in the small town of Loudun.
- Aldous Huxley
- United Kingdom
- 1952
- Val Biro
The Devils of Loudun, the first and most popular of Penderecki's operas, is emblematic of the composer's interest in historical events of traumatic nature. As suggested by its title, the opera draws its story line from the 1632-38 mass demonic possession in the town of Loudun, France.
- German
- John Whiting's dramatization of Aldous Huxley's The Devils of Loudun
- Penderecki
- 20 June 1969, Hamburg State Opera
Libretto vom Komponisten nach The Devils of Loudun von Aldous Huxley in der Dramatisierung von John Whiting unter Benutzung der deutschen Übertragung des Dramas von Erich Fried (1968/69). Oper in drei Akten (1969) empfohlen ab 17 Jahren. In deutscher Sprache · Mit Übertiteln in deutscher und englischer Sprache. Neuproduktion.
5,069 reviews 1,239 followers. June 25, 2014. Huxley's, The Devils of Loudun, reading as easily as a well-written novel, purports to be the true story of a seventeenth century case of witchcraft in France. At one level it is the biography of Urbain Grandier, the Catholic priest so condemned.
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Die Teufel ist ein britisches Filmdrama des Regisseurs Ken Russell aus dem Jahre 1971, das auch zum Subgenre des Nunsploitationfilms gezählt wird. Das Drehbuch basiert auf dem Roman Die Teufel von Loudun von Aldous Huxley, sowie dessen Bühnenadaption von John Whiting, die eine wahre Begebenheit aus dem Jahr 1633 wiedergeben.
- Die Teufel
- Englisch
- The Devils
- Großbritannien
31. März 2014 · with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. Title: The History of the Devils of Loudun, Volumes I-III. The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial. and Execution of Urbain Grandier, Told by an Eye-witness. Author: Unknown. Editor: Edmund Goldsmid. Translator: Edmund Goldsmid.
Aldous Huxley powerfully depicted these events in a historical novel in 1952, and Krzysztof Penderecki created an unparalleled opera from a dramatization of this book in 1969: The Devils of Loudun. In this opera, Penderecki brings out an enormous wealth of voices and instruments, sounds and noises, which he combines entirely to suit the scenic ...
