Research Catalog

Title

Joan of Arc : icon of modern culture / John Flower.

Author

Flower, John, 1938-

Publication

Hastings, East Sussex : Helm Information, 2008.

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Details

Description

xii, 285 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Why does Joan of Arc continue to fascinate us? Who was she? How did others react to her? What kinds of values has she come to represent? Is she a religious or a political figure? What are we to make of her in the twenty-first century? The subject of countless books and articles, of films and paintings, of songs and operas, of poems, plays and novels and at the same time of the most trite advertisements, Joan remains ever present not just in France but throughout the world. This book asks questions and explores by way of extracts and illustrations some of the many and different ways she and her deeds have been depicted and appropriated during the last five centuries."--Jacket

Series Statement

Icons of modern culture

Uniform Title

Icons of modern culture

Subject

• Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 > In literature
• Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 > In popular culture
• Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431
• Jeanne d'Arc 1412-1431
• Jeanne la pucelle
• Literature
• Künste
• Literatur
• Volkskultur

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Her story, their story, whose version? -- Ch. 2. Republican, nationalist and fascist icon -- Ch. 3. Warrior, saint or harlot? -- Ch. 4. Into the public arena -- Ch. 5. Adapted and adopted -- Ch. 6. Retrials ... and a myth renewed -- Ch. 7. From silent movie to television soap -- Ch. 8. From ballad to rock opera and musical -- App. American Maid / Claude Grimal.

ISBN

• 1903206170
• 9781903206171

OCLC

• ocn229465759
• 229465759
• SCSB-14625716

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library