- Unbekannter Einband: 195 Seiten
- Verlag: Tauchnitz Edition (1947)
- ASIN: B0000BNW7Z
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Joan of Arc, born in 1412, was burned at the stake in 1431, canonized by the Catholic Church in 1920, and, like most saints, whitewashed by history. Canonization tends to strip a saint of supposedly un-Christian attributes such as rebelliousness, pride, and intolerance. And Joan, despite having been a stubborn, haughty, naive, even foolish girl, has for much of history been remembered only as a pious martyr. However, George Bernard Shaw's play, Saint Joan, completed in 1925, began the modern rehabilitation of the icon as a fully human, fallible character--not to mention a poster girl for teenage rebellion and feminism. Shaw's Joan, like the real Maid of Orleans, leads the fight to drive the English out of her native France, insists on direct communication with her God instead of submitting to the mediation of Catholic priests, and refuses to dress, speak, or act according to traditional notions of how women were expected to behave. Until the closing scene of Shaw's play, however, neither Joan nor her foes are cast in neatly heroic terms. Both are earnestly pursuing their partial visions of the truth. In the play's famous epilogue, Shaw suggests that even 400 years later, most of us are so limited by our own perspectives that we are unable to tell the difference between a saint and a heretic. "O God that madest this beautiful earth, when will it be ready to receive Thy saints?" Joan asks, preparing for her death. "How long, O Lord, how long?" --Michael Joseph Gross
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Grade 8 Up-By George Bernard Shaw. Narrated by Flo Gibson.
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Shaw was a close friend of a Benedictine Abbess, Dame Laurentia, who "vetted" his plays for fairness to the faith. This play is fun, takes lots of bites out of politicians and clergy, and says something beautiful about the imagination. This Joan is no dolt and had to be burnt at the stake. That is a complement to her faith.
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I'am an actress. I played the part of Saint Joan. I grew to love the jorneys she had and to forfill her destiny. She's an absolute hero to me.Shaw really does bring her to life>
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Well,I have read the applecart before reading this book and i had high expectations when i started saint joan.my expectations were truly met with.The best part of the book is the preface.Shaw clearly points out His Joan and not the Joan of a romantic author.if the play would have been any different from this i wouldnt have liked it because everyone knows there is nothing romantic about Joan.Well,the main topics of discussion between me and my friends about this book are " role of church in joan's time " and " Shaw's theory of Life Force when applied to Joan ".To sum it all up,it is a truly remarkable work by a genius of Shaw's calibre.
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Shaw's Ridiculous, Inaccurate Jehanne d'Arc
I was truly disappointed by Shaw's wholly inaccurate, blatantly chauvanistic Preface (Shaw actually contends that Jehanne was tried more than fairly by sympathetic, God-fearing and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. April 2000 veröffentlicht
A great disservice.
While Shaw may have been a gifted playwright, his "Saint Joan" did an enormous disservice to the subject: the view it presents of Joan of Arc conflicts with the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
One of the greatest plays in English Literature
I have read this play and also performed the part of Joan on stage many times. Shaw's play brings the soul of Joan to life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
inspiring to say the least
it was so real and emotional , the physical and mental stamnia of the joan is eternal. she belivies so strongly in her voices and mission she will not give in . Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. April 1999 veröffentlicht
It is quite difficult to understand though, but interesting
I have read this book for about 6 times. It is an interesting book telling us about how St Joan also known as The Maid leads France into a battle against the English. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
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