Tag Archives: Luc Besson director

joan : weigh the small advance, there is still a chance

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dave

The Monarchist movement, the romantic movement, the spiritualist movement, the liberation movement, the communist movement; Joan of Arc has passed through all of them wit the ease and aplomb that one would expect of a light stepping, free-floating saint. From … Continue reading →

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joan of liberty and fraternity and convenience

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Dave

Joan of Arc. From compromising circumstance in the life of Charles VII, to be forgotten as soon as possible to subsequent resurrection and refashioning into useful symbol… The French Revolution was a decisive event in the development of the reputation … Continue reading →

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saint joan of kitsch: kicking the rehab can

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Dave

The Protestants of the sixteenth century saw Joan of Arc as the Joan of the Rehabilitation “tainted with idolatry,” identified with Church and King. They destroyed every representation of her upon which they could lay their hands. Swedes in the … Continue reading →

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joan of arc as my bellona: a strumpet of a pucelle?

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Dave

Poor Joan of Arc. Her trial and execution were only the beginning in the saga of the fluctuations of Joan’s fame that has run the gamut from anger and awe, skepticism and adoration… Since the Rehabilitation of Joan of Arc, … Continue reading →