For fear of the fire : Joan of Arc and the limits of subjectivity /

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Why are contemporary secular theorists so frequently drawn to saints, martyrs, and questions of religion? Why has Joan of Arc fascinated some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century? In a book that faces crucial issues in both critical and feminist inquiry, Françoise Meltzer uses th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meltzer, Françoise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Joan, > of Arc, Saint, > 1412-1431.
Jeanne, > d'Arc, sainte, > 1412-1431.
Joan, > of Arc, Saint, > 1412-1431
Jeanne > d'Arc.
1422-1461
Christian women saints > France > Biography.
Virginity.
Saintes chrétiennes > France > Biographies.
Virginité.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Christian women saints.
France > History > Charles VII, 1422-1461.
France > Histoire > 1422-1461 (Charles VII)
France.
joan of arc, historical, history, famous, well known, figure, martyr, hero, heroine, wartime, war, religion, religious studies, faith, belief, myth, mythology, subjective, subjectivity, literature, literary, analysis, academic, scholarly, research, france, french, saint, thinker, 20th century, feminist, postmodern, nostalgia, close reading, cartesian, theory, theoretical, culture, context, contextual, christian, saints.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Snows of Yesteryear; Chapter One: The Body Revisited; Chapter Two: The Discourse of Virginity: A Flight Before Light; Chapter Three: Professions of Virginity; Chapter Four: Responso Mortifera: The Voice of the Maid; Chapter Five: Fear of Fire: Death and the Impossible; Chapter Six: Father, Can't You See I'm Burning?; Index of Proper Names.

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