Joan of Arc in the English Imagination, 1429-1829
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Joan of Arc in the English Imagination, 1429-1829 by Gail Orgelfinger
Explores representations of Joan of Arc in English culture from 1429 until the early nineteenth century, examining the factors that shaped retellings of her military successes and execution.“Orgelfinger’s work is a thoroughly researched and welcome addition to the scholarship on the post-medieval reception of Joan of ArcShe offers valuable new insights by focusing on British views of Joan before the performance of Shaw’s Saint Joan, and by challenging over-simplified narratives of England’s rehabilitation of her former adversary.”
—Michael Evans Medievally Speaking
“A work of panoramic scope that touches an array of perspectives, from that of an unidentified soldier present at her burning all the way up to Shakespeare.”
—Scott Manning Philadelphia Inquirer
“A vibrant, original, and important contribution to both the historical interpretation of Joan and the changing tastes and interests in historical and literary cultures in England from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.”
—Anne Curry Journal of British Studies
“Orgelfinger spiritedly gives George Bernard Shaw’s Joan the last word after such a profusion of attempts to capture who she was. Looking at a vision of her statue in Winchester Cathedral, Joan declares: ‘Is that meant to be me? I was stiffer on my feet.’”
—Deborah Fraioli Mediaevistik
“Orgel!nger’s study of Joan’s legacy in England stands out in its considerable erudition and its fine close readings of the sources.”
—Karen Sullivan Speculum
“Joan has continued to fascinate from her first appearance in the early fifteenth century. Thanks to Professor Orgelfinger’s study, we now have a definitive study of that fascination among her natural enemies, the English who sought to defeat her in life, engineered her death, and have had to contend with her legacy ever since.”
—Kevin J. Harty Arthuriana
“Orgelfinger’s study of Joan’s legacy in England stands out in its considerable erudition and its fine close readings of the sources.”
—Karen Sullivan Speculum
“Orgelfinger’s engagement with issues of gender, time, and English-French relations over the centuries is to be commended. The speed at which centuries of historiography is covered is almost breathtaking, yet the material is well handled. Overall, this is an excellent book.”
—Sally Fisher Parergon
“A valuable addition to scholarship both on the afterlives of Joan herself, and on issues of medievalism in general.”
—Lesley Coote English Historical Review
“Well researched and vibrantly composed, Gail Orgelfinger’s Joan of Arc in the English Imagination, 1429–1829 traces the translations over time of the French heroine into a figure reviled and then embraced across the Channel. Through careful attention to an impressive array of sources, Orgelfinger offers to medieval studies and medievalism alike a not-to-be-missed book about how gender, national rivalries, temporal distance, fantasy, and historical fact enmesh over the centuries to keep the past alive in surprising new forms.”
—Jeffrey J. Cohen, author of Medieval Identity Machines
“Most often the English perspective on Joan has been simply dismissed as resentment for her influential role in their ultimate defeat in the Hundred Years’ War. In this book, Orgelfinger shows that the English afterlife of Joan is far more complex and interesting.... This is an excellent book that will appeal to scholars, students, and the large number of Joan of Arc fans outside of academia.”
—Kelly DeVries, author of Joan of Arc: A Military Leader
Gail Orgelfinger is Senior Lecturer Emerita at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271082196 |
| ISBN 10 | 0271082194 |
| Title | Joan of Arc in the English Imagination, 1429-1829 |
| Author | Gail Orgelfinger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2020-07-16 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Prizes | Nominated for The Haskins Medal 2022 |
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