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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792524903321

Titolo

Joan of Arc, a saint for all reasons : studies in myth and politics / / editor, Dominique Goy-Blanquet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-92527-X

1-315-25151-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

Goy-BlanquetDominique

Disciplina

700.451

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di contenuto

1. Shakespeare and Voltaire set fire to history / Dominique Goy-Blanquet -- 2. Person vs. personage : Joan of Arc in seventeenth-century France / Francoise Michaud-Frejaville -- 3. Rewriting the right : high priests, heroes and hooligans in the portrayal of Joan of Arc (1824-1945) / Nadia Margolis -- 4. A myth on trial / Jacques Darras -- 5. The American maid / Claude Grimal -- 6. Joan of Arc and the cinema / Robin Blaetz.

Sommario/riassunto

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.