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Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.

Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.

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Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.

by Shaw, George Bernard [John Steinbeck]

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936. T. S. Eliot, discussing Shaw's Saint Joan after its premiere in London in 1924, wrote that although Saint Joan was not the masterpiece that some claimed it to be, the play "seems to illustrate Mr. Shaw's mind more clearly than anything he has written before." Shaw wrote in the preface to the published text, "There are no villains in the piece. Crime, like disease, is not interesting: it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is all [there is] about it. It is what men do at their best, with good intentions, and what normal men and women find that they must and will do in spite of their intentions, that really concern us."

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With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naïve, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenged the conventions and values of her day.

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Raptis Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.
Author
Shaw, George Bernard [John Steinbeck]
Book Condition
Used
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1936
Keywords
George Bernard Shaw First Edition, Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue

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