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The changing face of Joan of Arc: the appropriation of Joan of Arc in twentieth-century American theatre
The Changing Face of Joan of Arc: The Appropriation of Joan of Arc in Twentieth-century American Theatre shows that the evolution of Joan of Arc's image reflected the culture of each era, and illustrated the changing social roles for women. The dramatic treatments of Joan of Arc have been divided …
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Joan of Arc, Her Imprisonment, Trial and Death
… Those "fairest things" are verified in the life of Joan of Arc, the Flower of Chivalry, The Lady Knight, titles befitting our Maiden Saint. A mere child in years, and though innocence bedecked her fair young brow, she was born only to blossom, ruthlessly plucked by her energy and heartlessly cast …
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Mark Twain's 'Joan of Arc': Origins, Purposes and Accomplishment
… in DSpace on 2014-12-03T20:52:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6303276.pdf: 15083582 bytes, checksum: b56de70a7ee76c1e0f2d9f8644526017 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1962
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The rhetoric of martyrdom: A case study analyzing the rhetorical situations of Joan of Arc, John Brown and Jim Jones
The study provides a critical analysis of the rhetoric used to establish a martyr in history. An indepth definition of martyrdom, along with a criteria for martyrs, is utilized in support of the theories. The text claims that the rhetoric of a situation is the key to becoming a martyr. Utilizing …
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Is This Fire
Is This Fire is a collection of poems dealing with the themes of faith and loss. In one section, "The Third Testament," parts of the Bible have been reimagined. There are poems about Joan of Arc, as well as poems that touch on miscarriages, as well as the Columbine massacre. There are, of course, …
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Neither Ballots Nor Bullets: Women Abolitionists and Emancipation During the Civil War (Slavery, Feminism, Woman's Rights)
… who allegedly caused the big war, took advantage of her enormous popularity in England to urge British support for the Union. A young Philadelphia teenager named Anna Dickinson rose to prominence as an abolition orator, earning the title "Joan of Arc" of the Civil War.
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(Dis)identifying female archetypes in live art
… considers a feminist arts practice as a form of political agency. My research is practice-led. It consists of three performances/live art events (Medea/Mothers’ Clothes, Magdalena Makeup and Joan Trial), its documentation on three sets of DVDs and a written dissertation. Female archetypes, …
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"A woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised" : an ethical-critical analysis of theological rogues in Mark Twain's personal recollections of Joan of Arc and L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series.
… criticism to examine the transformative nature of the interaction between authors, characters, and readers, focusing on Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc and L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series. By presenting socially transgressive figures in a sympathetic manner, …
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Witchcraft, rebellion, and misrule : a study of Shakespeare's first tetralogy
Although most studies of Shakespeare's first tetralogy of English history plays concern themselves with the structure of power, the roles of witchcraft and diabolism, elements central to 1 Henry VI and Richard III--the first and last plays of the tetralogy--have not been fully analyzed. Witchcraft, …
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Joan
<p><em>Joan</em> is an original, programmatic piece for orchestra, with an approximate running time of eight minutes. It is inspired by the life of Joan of Arc, the French heroine at the end of the Hundred Years' War. Themes evoking major characters are presented as the piece unfolds. Along with …
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Burn Fortune: The Real June not Marvelous Enough for Us
… abusive. Looking for alternatives to the lives of the women who surround her, June becomes obsessed with the actress Jean Seberg (best known for her starring role in Godard’s <em>Breathless</em>) as well as Joan of Arc. After being raped by an acquaintance, June withdraws and begins to live …
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Ethnography and experimental non-fiction storytelling: relating the experiences of Maltese Fishermen
… exploration I look at the dynamics of long-term ethnographic research to address the tensions between lived experience and conventional narrative constructs of Mediterranean identities. This research also fills a void in the anthropology of fishermen in Malta which as an area of …
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Possible sensations
… the sensory human experience through the study of facial expression and non-verbal vocal articulation in hopes of better understanding the range of modes of communications possible both interpersonally and between people and their environment. In contrast to the common presumption that language …
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n Mosaïek van sitate: André P. Brink se Inteendeel as historiografiese interteks
… the status quo surrounding the representation of historical occurrences. The text is an exhibition of the way historiography is created and fictionalised. It masquerades as an ordinary historical novel, but is not A number of postmodernist strategies are employed to draw the reader's attention …