Saint Joan
by Shaw, Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital, and rebelling against the values that surround her. The play distils Shaw's views on the subjects of politics, religion and creative evolution.
Reviews
As usual, Shaw works very hard at shocking the reader/viewer. He claims that the first trial, at which Joan was convicted, was more than fair, while the postumous trial, at which she was rehabilitated, was a kangaroo court. But maybe he's right. He also makes it clear that we're all willing to defend Joan now that she's been dead a few hundred years, but that if she were to reappear, we modern liberals would be the first to join the lynch mob.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Z & Z Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001539
- Title
- Saint Joan
- Author
- Shaw, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Brentano
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
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