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Saint Joan/

By: Shaw,George BarnardMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: U.P.: Maple Press, Description: 222p. 18cmISBN: 97893680005362Subject(s): Christian women saints DDC classification: 822

Contents:

Joan the original and presumptuous Joan and Socrates Contrast with Napoleon Was Joan innocent or guilty? Joan's good looks Joan's social position Joan's voices and visions Evolutionary appetite Mere iconography does not matter Modern education which Joan escaped Failures of the voices Joan a Galtonic visualizer Joan's manliness and militarism Was Joan suicidal? Joan summed up Joan's immaturity and ignorance Maid in literature Protestant misunderstandings of the Middle Ages Comparative fairness of Joan's trial Joan not tried as a political offender Church uncompromised by its amends Cruelty, modern and medieval Catholic anti-clericalism Catholicism not yet Catholic enough Law of change is the law of God Credulity, modern and medieval Toleration, modern and medieval Variability of toleration Conflict between genius and discipline Joan as theocrat Unbroken success essential in theocracy Modern distortions of Joan's history History always out of date Real Joan not marvellous enough for us Stage limits of historical representation Void in the Elizabethan drama Tragedy, not melodrama Inevitable flatteries of tragedy Some well-meant proposals for the improvement of the play Epilogue To the critics, lest they should feel ignored.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	822 SHA/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	08/02/2021	P42200

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Joan the original and presumptuous

Joan and Socrates

Contrast with Napoleon

Was Joan innocent or guilty?

Joan's good looks

Joan's social position

Joan's voices and visions

Evolutionary appetite

Mere iconography does not matter

Modern education which Joan escaped

Failures of the voices

Joan a Galtonic visualizer

Joan's manliness and militarism

Was Joan suicidal?

Joan summed up

Joan's immaturity and ignorance

Maid in literature

Protestant misunderstandings of the Middle Ages

Comparative fairness of Joan's trial

Joan not tried as a political offender

Church uncompromised by its amends

Cruelty, modern and medieval

Catholic anti-clericalism

Catholicism not yet Catholic enough

Law of change is the law of God

Credulity, modern and medieval

Toleration, modern and medieval

Variability of toleration

Conflict between genius and discipline

Joan as theocrat

Unbroken success essential in theocracy

Modern distortions of Joan's history

History always out of date

Real Joan not marvellous enough for us

Stage limits of historical representation

Void in the Elizabethan drama

Tragedy, not melodrama

Inevitable flatteries of tragedy

Some well-meant proposals for the improvement of the play

Epilogue

To the critics, lest they should feel ignored.

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