Saint Joan
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Saint Joan is a landmark work of twentieth-century drama, chronicling the extraordinary life of Joan of Arc — the French peasant girl who led an army, defied the English, and was ultimately burned at the stake for heresy. George Bernard Shaw crafts the play with his trademark wit and intellectual rigour, presenting Joan not as a sentimental martyr but as a formidable, ahead-of-her-time figure whose independence of spirit threatens both the Church and the feudal order. The drama unfolds with sharp, probing dialogue that argues the case for individual conscience against institutional power, illuminating how genius and sanctity are often indistinguishable from madness to those in authority. First performed in 1923 and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the following year, this is Shaw at his most ambitious — a searching, ironic, and deeply humane meditation on faith, politics, and the tragic cost of being extraordinary.
Author: Bernard Shaw
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Saint Joan is a landmark work of twentieth-century drama, chronicling the extraordinary life of Joan of Arc — the French peasant girl who led an army, defied the English, and was ultimately burned at the stake for heresy. George Bernard Shaw crafts the play with his trademark wit and intellectual rigour, presenting Joan not as a sentimental martyr but as a formidable, ahead-of-her-time figure whose independence of spirit threatens both the Church and the feudal order. The drama unfolds with sharp, probing dialogue that argues the case for individual conscience against institutional power, illuminating how genius and sanctity are often indistinguishable from madness to those in authority. First performed in 1923 and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the following year, this is Shaw at his most ambitious — a searching, ironic, and deeply humane meditation on faith, politics, and the tragic cost of being extraordinary.