Joan of Arc on the Stage and Her Sisters in Sublime Sanctity

by John Pendergast

Book Overview

This book examines the figure of Joan of Arc as depicted in stage works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially those based on or related to Schiller's 1801 romantic tragedy, Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans). The author elucidates Schiller's appropriation of themes from Euripides's Iphigenia plays, chiefly the quality of "sublime sanctity," which transforms Joan's image from a victim of fate to a warrior-prophet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030278883
• ISBN13: 9783030278885
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"