ژان دارک: زندگی‌ای دگرگون‌شده

The profoundly inspiring & fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose “voices” moved her to rally the French nation & a reluctant king against British invaders in 1428, has fascinated artistic figures as diverse as William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, George Bernard Shaw, Bertolt Brecht, Carl Dreyer, & Robert Bresson. Was she a divinely inspired saint? A schizophrenic? A demonically possessed heretic, as her persecutors & captors tried to prove?Every era must retell & reimagine the Maid of Orleans’s extraordinary story in its own way, & in Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured, the superb novelist & memoirist Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan for our time—a shining exemplar of unshakable faith, extraordinary courage, & self-confidence during a brutally rigged ecclesiastical inquisition & in the face of her death by burning. Deftly weaving historical fact, myth, folklore, artistic representations, & centuries of scholarly & critical interpretation into a compelling narrative, she restores Joan of Arc to her rightful position as one of the greatest heroines in all of history. °°° Kathryn Harrison has written the novels Thicker Than Water, Exposure, Poison, The Binding Chair, The Seal Wife, Envy, & Enchantments. Her autobiographical work includes The Kiss, Seeking Rapture, The Road to Santiago, The Mother Knot, & True Crimes. She has written two biographies, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux & Joan of Arc, & a book of true crime, While They Slept. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the novelist Colin Harrison. The profoundly inspiring and fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose "voices" moved her to rally the French nation and a reluctant king against British invaders in 1428, has fascinated artistic figures as diverse as William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, George Bernard Shaw, Bertolt Brecht, Carl Dreyer, and Robert Bresson. Was she a divinely inspired saint? A schizophrenic? A demonically possessed heretic, as her persecutors and captors tried to prove? Every era must retell and reimagine the Maid of Orleans's extraordinary story in its own way, and in Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured, the superb novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan for our time—a shining exemplar of unshakable faith, extraordinary courage, and self-confidence during a brutally rigged ecclesiastical inquisition and in the face of her death by burning. Deftly weaving historical fact, myth, folklore, artistic representations, and centuries of scholarly and critical interpretation into a compelling narrative, she restores Joan of Arc to her rightful position as one of the greatest heroines in all of human history. A Fully Documented, Inspiring Portrait Of The 15th-century Peasant-turned-saint Draws On Historical Facts, Folklore And Centuries Of Critical Interpretation To Evaluate The Questions Attributed To Her Character. In The Beginning Was The Word -- By Angels' Speech And Tongue -- A Small, Nay, The Least, Thing -- The King's Treasure -- Who Is This Then, That Wind And Seas Obey? -- Surrender To The Maid -- A Leaping Stag -- Black Horseman -- The Golden Cloak -- The Tower Keep -- A Heart That Would Not Burn -- Life Everlasting. Kathryn Harrison. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 355-360) And Index.