Joan of Arc : the image of female heroism
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TextBerkeley, CA University of California Press 1981Edition: 1st California Paperback Printing 2000Description: xxvi, 349p.; ill. [plates; map]; bibliog. notes; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0520224647
- DC103 .W27 1999
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Prologue. Part 1 - The life and death of Jeanne la Pucelle. 1 Maid of France. 2 A divided realm. 3 The king and his crown. 4 Prophet. 5 Harlot of the Armagnacs. 6 Heretic. 7 Ideal androgyne. 8 Knight. Part 2 - The afterlife of Joan of Arc. 9 The vindication. 10 Amazon. 11 Personification of virtue. 12 Child of nature. 13 Saint or patriot?
'Warner shows how the few facts that are known about the woman Joan have been shaped to suit the aims of those who have chosen her as their hero. The book places Joan in the context of the mythology of the female hero and takes note of her historical antecedents, both pagan and Christian and the role she has played up to the present as the embodiment of an ideal, whether as Amazon, saint, child of nature, or personification of virtue.'
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