Joan of Arc :: the Image of Female Heroism.

The fame of Joan of Arc began in her lifetime and, though it has dipped a little now and then, she has never vanished from view. Her image acts as a seismograph for the shifts and settlings of personal and political ideals: Joan of Arc is the heroine every movement has wanted as their figurehead. In...

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1. Verfasser: Warner, Marina
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2013.
Ausgabe:2nd ed.
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Zusammenfassung:The fame of Joan of Arc began in her lifetime and, though it has dipped a little now and then, she has never vanished from view. Her image acts as a seismograph for the shifts and settlings of personal and political ideals: Joan of Arc is the heroine every movement has wanted as their figurehead. In France, anti-semitic, xenophobic, extreme right parties have claimed her since the Action Francaise in the 19th century. By contrast, Socialists, feminists, and liberal Catholicsrallied to her as the champion of the dispossessed and the wrongly accused. Joan of Arc has also played a crucial role in.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (410 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191651939
0191651931

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