Joan of Arc, A Saint for All Reasons : Studies in Myth and Politics.

Joan of Arc, A Saint for All Reasons : Studies in Myth and Politics.

This collection of essays, updated for the English language edition, follows Joan of Arc in the Western consciousness, throughout the chain of texts, fictions, comments, from the time of her launching into celebrity by Jean Gerson and Christine de Pizan to the most recent stage and film versions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goy-Blanquet, Dominique
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2003.
Subjects:
Joan, > of Arc, Saint, > 1412-1431 > In literature.
Joan, > of Arc, Saint, > 1412-1431 > In motion pictures.
Joan, > of Arc, Saint, > 1412-1431
Literature
Motion pictures
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Foreword
  • 1 Shakespeare and Voltaire Set Fire to History
  • 2 Person vs. Personage: Joan of Arc in Seventeenth-Century France
  • 3 Rewriting the Right: High Priests, Heroes and Hooligans in the Portrayal of Joan of Arc (1824-1945)
  • 4 A Myth on Trial
  • 5 The American Maid
  • 6 Joan of Arc and the Cinema
  • Index.

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