Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue
by Shaw, Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Brentano's. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Teal cloth, spine label. First edition. Cloth faintly mottled. Mild scattered foxing to block edge and endpages. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is chipped/edgeworn and soiled/foxed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital, and rebelling against the values that surround her. The play distils Shaw's views on the subjects of politics, religion and creative evolution.
Reviews
On Oct 16 2010, ElectricEel said:
As usual, Shaw works very hard at shocking the reader/viewer. He claims that the first trial, at which Joan was convicted, was more than fair, while the postumous trial, at which she was rehabilitated, was a kangaroo court. But maybe he's right. He also makes it clear that we're all willing to defend Joan now that she's been dead a few hundred years, but that if she were to reappear, we modern liberals would be the first to join the lynch mob.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32837
- Title
- Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue
- Author
- Shaw, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1924
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- Spine Label
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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