EPISODE 29: Louis Couperus, "The Hidden Force" (1900), Part Two
Description
Chapters 11-13: 0:00 —Family history. 5:23 —Racial diversity. 6:36 —Addy de Luce. 9:43 — Léonie’s desires. 12:41 —A feverish depravity. 14: 27—Perversely admirable. 16:30 — Couperus & Léonie & the fin de siècle. 20:38 —Addy & Doddy. 21:18 —Addy & Léonie. 23:51 —Interlude.
Chapters 14-16: 24:06 —Léonie doesn’t object. 25:33 —Addy & Theo. 27:26 —Sun worship. 30:05 —Theo & si-Oudijck. 33:24 —Otto Van Oudijck. 35:27 —Housekeeping. 38:08 —Residents. 39:19 —Life under life. 40:54 —The language of the unconscious. 43:20 —Volcanism. 46:25 —Male blindness. 48:12 —Interlude.
Chapter 17: 48:07 —Bowing submissively. 51:44 —A world created. 53:12 —The hidden force. 54:40 —Resident & regent. 55:59 —Secret language, metaphor & mystery. 1:00:17 —Closing.
Text: Louis Couperus, The Hidden Force. Translated by Alexander Texiera de Mattos; revised and edited by E.M. Beekman. Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 1985.
Interludes: Richard Strauss, Salome (1905), performed by the Orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera, Karl Böhm conductor, 1971, Deutsche Grammophon recording, Internet Archive.
Illustration: Louis Couperus in Java, 1899 (detail), Der Groene Amsterdamer
Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com
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