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UNINA9910790460803321 |
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Tyson Brian <1933-> |
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The story of Shaw's Saint Joan [[electronic resource] /] / Brian Tyson |
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Kingston [Ont.] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , c1982 |
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1-283-53164-X |
9786613844095 |
0-7735-8513-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 pages) |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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From the Beginning -- The Maid and Her Miracles -- The Cunning Counsellors -- A Saint to the Stake -- The Memory and the Salvation -- First Performances -- Lasting Impressions. |
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The literary genetics of Shaw's most famous play are here examined for the first time. The sources of Saint Joan are closely compared with the original shorthand manuscript and that is compared with its subsequent revisions. This evidence is supplemented by facts drawn from Shaw's correspondence in print, in the British Library, and in private collections, and by accounts both in print and in the correspondence of people who knew Shaw at the time of his writing Saint Joan. The manuscript and its revisions are examined in the light of all that has been written about the play since it first appeared in 1923. Tyson examines the events that led Shaw to write Saint Joan, establishes the times and places of its composition, and speculates on the "models" upon which Shaw may have based his heroine. The scene-by-scene investigation of the original manuscript accounts as far as possible for later alterations and revisions and discusses passages of critical or historical interest. The concluding chapters survey the circumstances surrounding the first production of the play in the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany and reflect on the impact that Saint Joan has had on drama for more than half a century. |
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UNINA9910548182903321 |
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Autore |
Cohen-Almagor Raphael |
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The Republic, Secularism and Security : France versus the Burqa and the Niqab / / by Raphael Cohen-Almagor |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
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9783030946692 |
9783030946685 |
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[1st ed. 2022.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (74 pages) |
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SpringerBriefs in Political Science, , 2191-5474 |
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Europe - Politics and government |
Comparative government |
Political science |
Elections |
Human rights |
Religion and politics |
European Politics |
Comparative Politics |
Governance and Government |
Electoral Politics |
Politics and Human Rights |
Politics and Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- The Underpinning Values of the French Republic -- The Shaping of the Republic: The Influence of Colonialism, Immigration, and Terrorism -- Banning the Burga and the Niqab -- Conclusion. . |
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This book analyses French cultural policies in the face of what the French government perceives as a challenge to its Republican secular raison d'être. It makes general arguments about France’s changing identity and specific arguments about the burqa and niqab ban. The book further explains how French history shaped the ideology of |
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secularism and of public civil religion, and how colonial legacy, immigration, fear of terrorism, and security needs have led France to adopt the trinity of indivisibilité, sécurité, laïcité while paying homage to the traditional trinity of liberté, égalité, fraternité. The book argues that while this motto of the French Revolution is still symbolically and politically important, its practical significance as it has been translated to policy implementation has been eroded. It shows how the emergence of the new trinity at the expense of the old one is evident when analyzing the debates concerning cultural policies in France in the face of the Islamic garb, the burqa, and the niqab, which are perceived as a challenge to France’s national secular raison d'être. Subsequently, the book raises various important questions, such as: Is the burqa and niqab ban socially just? Does it reasonably balance the preservation of societal values and freedom of conscience? What are the true motives behind the ban? Has the discourse changed in the age of COVID-19, when all people are required to wear a mask in the public space? Therefore, this book is a must-read for students, scholars, and researchers of political science, as well as a general audience interested in a better understanding of French politics, elections, cultural policy, secularism, and identity. . |
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