Joan of Arc

She wrote of their presence at a public procession: Joan of Arc . . . was not more typical of the spirit that leads to victory . . . than was the paper-seller, dressed in...

GBS 's history play Saint Joan, a provocative treatment of Joan of Arc , was first produced in New York, three months ahead of the London opening.

Saint Joan, a history play by GBS responding to Joan 's recent canonization, had its London opening at the New Theatre , starring Sybil Thorndike . The role was crucial for Thorndike, who was...

ES 's Female Pipings in Eden, a volume of collected essays, included a memoir of Emmeline Pankhurst , whom she considered more astounding than Joan of Arc .

RS published his epic poem Joan of Arc.

The Catholic Women's Suffrage Society sponsored a performance of the play, since they saw Macrena as very much akin to their own patron saint, Joan of Arc .

In this first volume KT establishes three themes that recur throughout her later poetry collections: religion, Ireland, and nature. The four monologues here are spoken by historical or legendary heroines: Louise de la Vallière...

MW published Joan of Arc : The Image of Female Heroism, her study of the legendary Maid of Orleans who became a fearless soldier, a martyr, and eventually a saint.

MW wrote her first screenplay, for the film Joan of Arc.

The book presents Joan as a unique historical figure, for she was not a queen, a courtesan, a beauty, a mother, an artist, or (until very long after her death) a saint. Warner argues that...

The women speakers of Dramatic Studies include the imprisoned Jeanne d'Arc. By the Looking-Glass gives voice to a plain girl seated beside her bedroom mirror after she has arrived home from a ball. Skilled...