by George Bernard Shaw · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582330931
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«Saint Joan» is the play by George Bernard Shaw, published by Longman in paperback (232 pages, in English).
A play that recreates the life of Joan of Arc and the conflict between her faith and the institutions of her time. Through dialogue and debate, Shaw explores individualism, personal conscience and the weight of religious and political authority. This study edition includes critical material and notes for textual analysis.
Original subtitle: 'A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue' (1923). Edited by Peter Farquhar, with an essay by John Russell Brown. Longman Study Texts series.
Suitable for students of English literature and readers interested in classic theatre, history and annotated editions with supporting material.
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
