Title: Joan of Arc, a saint for all reasons : studies in myth and politics /
Authors: Goy-Blanquet, Dominique
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Joan, In literature.; Joan, In motion pictures.
Abstract: "This collection of essays, updated for the English language edition, follows Joan of Arc in the Western consciousness, throughout the chain of texts, fictions, comments, from the time of her launching into celebrity by Jean Gerson and Christine de Pizan to the most recent stag and film versions."--Jacket.
Contents: Shakespeare and Voltaire Set Fire to history / Dominique Goy-Blanquet -- Person vs. personage / Françoise Michaud-Fréjaville -- Rewriting the right / Nadia Margolis -- A myth on trial / Jacques Darras -- The American maid / Claude Grimal -- Joan of Arc and the cinema / Robin Blaetz.