Joan of Arc on the Stage and Her Sisters in Sublime Sanctity, 1st ed. 2019 Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries Series
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Pendergast John
This book examines the figure of Joan of Arc as depicted in stage works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially those based on or related to Schiller?s 1801 romantic tragedy, Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans). The author elucidates Schiller?s appropriation of themes from Euripides?s Iphigenia plays, chiefly the quality of ?sublime sanctity,? which transforms Joan?s image from a victim of fate to a warrior-prophet who changes history through sheer force of will. Finding the best-known works of his time about her ? Voltaire?s La pucelle d?Orléans and Shakespeare?s Henry VI, part I ? utterly dissatisfying, Schiller set out to replace them. Die Jungfrau von Orleans was a smashing success and inspired various subsequent treatments, including Verdi?s opera Giovanna d?Arco and a translation by the father of Russian Romanticism, Vasily Zhukovsky, on which Tchaikovsky based his opera Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orleans). In turn, the book?s final chapter examines Shaw?s Saint Joan and finds that the Irish playwright?s vociferous complaints about Schiller?s ?romantic flapdoodle? belie a surprising affinity for Schiller?s approach.
Chapter 1. The Palimpsest of Euripides, Shakespeare, and Voltaire.- Chapter 2. Sublime Sanctity: Schiller’s New Tragic Joan.- Chapter 3. Lacuna and Enigma: Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco in Light of Schiller’s Play.- Chapter 4. Patriotic Elegy and Epic Illusion: Schiller’s Johanna in Russia.- Chapter 5. The Skeptic Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks: Shaw’s Saint Joan. Concluding Thoughts on Joan in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries.
John Pendergast is an Assistant Professor of Russian at West Point. He holds doctoral and master’s degrees in Comparative Literature from the City University of New York, a master’s degree in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Arizona, and a bachelor’s degree in Music from Birmingham-Southern College. A graduate of the Russian program at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, his research focuses on music and letters of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia and Germany.
Offers insight into Joan of Arc's wide and enduring appeal to artists and audiences Holds interdisciplinary appeal across the fields of comparative literature, theatre, drama, women’s studies, and the performing arts Examines numerous scores and libretti
Date de parution : 11-2020
Ouvrage de 281 p.
14.8x21 cm
Date de parution : 11-2019
Ouvrage de 281 p.
14.8x21 cm
Thèmes de Joan of Arc on the Stage and Her Sisters in Sublime Sanctity :
Mots-clés :
Joan of Arc; Schiller; Euripedes; Verdi; Vasily Zhukovsky; Bernard Shaw; Saint Joan; Tchaikovsky; Shakespeare; Voltaire
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