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Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan / Major Barbara / Androcles and the Lion
Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan / Major Barbara / Androcles and the Lion Author:George Bernard Shaw With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naïve, foolhardy, always brave -- a rebel who challenged the conve... more »ntions and values of her day.« less