Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism. Marina Warner

410 Pages·2013·5.65 MB·English

by  Marina Warner

JOAN OF ARC
Marina Warner isanovelist, historianand critic. Among heracclaimed works on
myth,symbolismandfairytaleareJoanofArc,MonumentsandMaidens(winnerof
the Fawcett Prize), From the Beast to the Blonde, No Go the Bogeyman, Phantasma-
goria, and most recently, Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights.
In1994shegavetheReithLecturesandin2000,theOxfordClarendonLectures,
published as Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds. Her fiction includes Indigo,
TheLostFather(shortlistedfortheBookerPrizeandwinnerofaCommonwealth
Writers’ Prize) and The LetoBundle.
MarinaWarnerhasbeenaGettyScholar,isaVisitingFellowCommoneratTrinity
College,Cambridge,aVisitingFellowatAllSoulsCollege,Oxford,isanHonorary
Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, a Fellow of the British Academy and the
Royal Society of Literature. She is President of the British Comparative Literature
Association,andProfessorintheDepartmentofLiterature,Film,andTheatreStudies
attheUniversityofEssex.In2008shewasawardedaCBEforservicestoLiterature.
ALSO BY MARINA WARNER
Fiction
In a Dark Wood
TheSkating Party
TheLost Father
Mermaids inthe Basement(shortstories)
Indigo (shortstories)
Murderers I have known
TheLeto Bundle
Non-Fiction
TheDragon Empress
Alone of All Her Sex: The Mythand the Cult of theVirgin Many
Monuments andMaidens: The Allegory ofthe FemaleForm
From theBeast tothe Blonde: On Fairy Tales andTheir Tellers
Wonder Tales(Editor)
Managing Monsters:Six Mythsof our Time (The ReithLectures 1994)
No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring,Lulling and Making Mock
Signs & Wonders: Essays on Literature and Culture
FantasticMetamorphoses,Other Worlds
Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions,Metaphors,andMedia
StrangerMagic:Charmed States and theArabian Nights
TheSymbol Gives Rise toThought: Writings on Art
J O A N O F A R C
the image of female
heroism
M A R I N A W A R N E R
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Contents
List of Plates ix
Introduction to the New Edition xiii
Acknowledgements xxvii
Chronology xxix
Prologue xxxiii
PART ONE THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF JEANNE LA PUCELLE
1. Maid of France 3
2. A Divided Realm 21
3. The King and his Crown 41
4. Prophet 64
5. Harlot of the Armagnacs 82
6. Heretic 103
7. Ideal Androgyne 125
8. Knight 144
PART TWO THE AFTERLIFE
OF JOAN OF ARC
9. The Vindication 171
10. Amazon 184
11. Personification of Virtue 203
12. Child of Nature 221
13. Saint or Patriot? 238
Bibliographical Notes 258
Index 329
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List of Plates
1. Jan Van Eyck, John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. Muse´e du Louvre, Paris.
Photocourtesy Centre Jeanne d’Arc, Orle´ans.
2. Joan of Arc at the stake. Detail of miniature from Martial de Paris dit
d’Auvergne’s Les Vigiles du Roi Charles VII, 1484. Bibliothe`que Nationale,
Paris.Photo courtesy Centre Jeanne d’Arc, Orle´ans.
3. The Fall of the Rebel Angels. Miniature from the Limbourg brothers’ Les Tre`s
RichesHeuresduDucdeBerri,1413–16.Muse´eConde´,Chantilly.PhotoCliche´
Giraudon.
4. Saint Catherine of Alexandria’s Wounds Anointed by the Angels. Miniature from
theLimbourgbrothers’BellesHeures,c.1409–12.TheMetropolitanMuseum
of Art,New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1954.
5. TheMeetingofSt.MargaretofAntiochandthePrefectOlybrius(detail).Miniature
from Jean Fouquet’s Les Heures d’Etienne Chevalier, c. 1452–60. Cabinet des
dessins du Muse´e du Louvre, Paris. Photo courtesy Centre Jeanne d’Arc,
Orle´ans.
6. GentiledaFabriano,TheArchangelMichael.CharlesPotterKlingFund.Cour-
tesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
7. The Banner of the Town of Orle´ans, carried in the annual procession
commemorating the raising of the siege, early sixteenth century. Muse´e
Historique d’Orle´ans. Photo courtesyCentre Jeanne d’Arc, Orle´ans.
8. Peter Paul Rubens, Joan of Arc, c. 1620. Collection of the North Carolina
Museumof Art,Raleigh.
9. ClaudeDeruet,LeFeu(detail, centralpanel),c.1641.Muse´edesBeaux-Arts
d’Orle´ans. Photoby J.Boulas.
10. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII,
1854.Muse´eduLouvre,Paris.PhotobyPublicationsFilme´esd’Artetd’His-
toire, Montrouge.
11. ChristinedePisaninvokingMinervaasMuse.MiniaturefromherLeLivredes
Faictsd’ArmesetdeChevalerie,fifteenthcentury.TheBritishLibrary,London.
12. Sandro Botticelli, Allegory: Fresco of the Villa Lemmi. Muse´e du Louvre, Paris.
PhotoCliche´ des Muse´es Nationaux, Paris.