Gertud von le Fort's "The Song at the Scaffold" (Interview with Vivian Dudro) Source: youtu.be/PiukD3_dIa0 Inside the Pages Vivian Dudro, writer and editor at Ignatius Press, engages in a wonderful …More
Gertud von le Fort's "The Song at the Scaffold" (Interview with Vivian Dudro)
Source: youtu.be/PiukD3_dIa0 Inside the Pages
Vivian Dudro, writer and editor at Ignatius Press, engages in a wonderful conversation about “The Song at the Scaffold” by Gertrud von le Fort. German author Gertrud von le Fort, a convert to Catholicism in 1926, was a writer of novels, poems, and essays. Most of von le Fort’s work came after her conversion.
Set during the French Revolution, “The Song at the Scaffold” (Die Letzte am Schafott) is a classic novella, based on the true story of the Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, who offered their lives for the preservation of the Church in France. The Song at the Scaffold was the original inspiration for the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites written by Francis Poulenc, which premiered in 1957. The opera was based on a libretto with this same title written by Georges Bernanos.
As Vivian Dudro points out in the discussion, von le Fort’s work is as relevant today as it was in the last century. In the course of the conversation, the influence of the Carmelite tradition and it’s influence on Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) and St. John Paul II, as well the role of redemptive suffering in the life of the Christian is discussed.
Books by Gertrud von le Fort at Ignatius Press:
www.ignatius.com/Author/Default.aspx
Source: youtu.be/PiukD3_dIa0 Inside the Pages
Vivian Dudro, writer and editor at Ignatius Press, engages in a wonderful conversation about “The Song at the Scaffold” by Gertrud von le Fort. German author Gertrud von le Fort, a convert to Catholicism in 1926, was a writer of novels, poems, and essays. Most of von le Fort’s work came after her conversion.
Set during the French Revolution, “The Song at the Scaffold” (Die Letzte am Schafott) is a classic novella, based on the true story of the Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, who offered their lives for the preservation of the Church in France. The Song at the Scaffold was the original inspiration for the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites written by Francis Poulenc, which premiered in 1957. The opera was based on a libretto with this same title written by Georges Bernanos.
As Vivian Dudro points out in the discussion, von le Fort’s work is as relevant today as it was in the last century. In the course of the conversation, the influence of the Carmelite tradition and it’s influence on Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) and St. John Paul II, as well the role of redemptive suffering in the life of the Christian is discussed.
Books by Gertrud von le Fort at Ignatius Press:
www.ignatius.com/Author/Default.aspx