Joan of Arc
Book description
Joan has a unique role in Western imagination - she is one of the few true female heroes. Marina Warner uses her superb historical and literary skills to move beyond conventional biography and to capture the essence of "Joan of Arc", both as she lived in her own time and…
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This superbly researched book breaks new ground about the relationship between image and reality for heroines in history.
Warner manages to both bring Joan of Arc alive as an historical actor, and also show how her image has been invented and reinvented through history. Warner taught me that when it comes to heroines, there is often an important blurred relationship between fact and fiction. Importantly, gender and sexuality are also at the heart of Warner’s interpretations.
Warner captures the story of a truly amazing heroine and also reveals Joan’s incredible significance.
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