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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2013Joan of Arc
La pucelle
by Craig Taylor
This sourcebook collects together for the first time in English the major documents relating to the life and contemporary reputation of Joan of Arc. Also known as La Pucelle, she led a French Army against the English in 1429, arguably turning the course of the war in favour of the French king Charles VII. The fact that she achieved all of this when just a seventeen-year-old peasant girl highlights the magnitude of her achievements and also opens up other ways of looking at her story. For many, Joan represents the voice of ordinary people in the fifteenth century; the victims of high politics and warfare that devastated France. Her story ended tragically in 1431 when she was put on trial for heresy and sorcery by an ecclesiastical court and was burned at the stake. This book shows how the trial, which was organised by her enemies, provides an important window into late medieval attitudes towards religion and gender, as Joan was effectively persecuted by the established Church for her supposedly non-conformist views on spirituality and the role of women. Presented within a contextual and critical framework, this book encourages scholars and students to rethink this remarkable story. It will be invaluable reading for those working in the fields of medieval society and heresy, as well as the Hundred Years' War.
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2006Joan of Arc
La pucelle
by Rosemary Horrox, Simon Maclean, Craig Taylor
This sourcebook collects together for the first time in English the major documents relating to the life and contemporary reputation of Joan of Arc. Also known as La Pucelle, she led a French Army against the English in 1429, arguably turning the course of the war in favour of the French king Charles VII. The fact that she achieved all of this when just a seventeen-year-old peasant girl highlights the magnitude of her achievements and also opens up other ways of looking at her story. For many, Joan represents the voice of ordinary people in the fifteenth century; the victims of high politics and warfare that devastated France. Her story ended tragically in 1431 when she was put on trial for heresy and sorcery by an ecclesiastical court and was burned at the stake. This book shows how the trial, which was organised by her enemies, provides an important window into late medieval attitudes towards religion and gender, as Joan was effectively persecuted by the established Church for her supposedly non-conformist views on spirituality and the role of women. Presented within a contextual and critical framework, this book encourages scholars and students to rethink this remarkable story. It will be invaluable reading for those working in the fields of medieval society and heresy, as well as the Hundred Years' War. ;
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The ArtsJanuary 2019The war that won't die
The Spanish Civil War in cinema
by David Archibald
The war that won't die charts the changing nature of cinematic depictions of the Spanish Civil War. In 1936, a significant number of artists, filmmakers and writers - from George Orwell and Pablo Picasso to Joris Ivens and Joan Miró - rallied to support the country's democratically-elected Republican government. The arts have played an important role in shaping popular understandings of the Spanish Civil War and this book examines the specific role cinema has played in this process. The book's focus is on fictional feature films produced within Spain and beyond its borders between the 1940s and the early years of the twenty-first century - including Hollywood blockbusters, East European films, the work of the avant garde in Paris and films produced under Franco's censorial dictatorship. The book will appeal to scholars and students of Film, Media and Hispanic Studies, but also to historians and, indeed, anyone interested in why the Spanish Civil War remains such a contested political topic.
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The ArtsJune 2021The war that won't die
The Spanish Civil War in cinema
by David Archibald
The war that won't die charts the changing nature of cinematic depictions of the Spanish Civil War. In 1936, a significant number of artists, filmmakers and writers - from George Orwell and Pablo Picasso to Joris Ivens and Joan Miró - rallied to support the country's democratically-elected Republican government. The arts have played an important role in shaping popular understandings of the Spanish Civil War and this book examines the specific role cinema has played in this process. The book's focus is on fictional feature films produced within Spain and beyond its borders between the 1940s and the early years of the twenty-first century - including Hollywood blockbusters, East European films, the work of the avant garde in Paris and films produced under Franco's censorial dictatorship. The book will appeal to scholars and students of Film, Media and Hispanic Studies, but also to historians and, indeed, anyone interested in why the Spanish Civil War remains such a contested political topic.
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Mind, Body, SpiritSHAMANISM
Personal Quests of Communion with Nature and Creation
by Oscar Miro-Quesada
Awaken Your Shamanic Soul Respected kamasqa curandero Oscar Miro-Quesada teaches shamanism as a tradition of healing, power, and wisdom that sees all life as interconnected and sacred. Understand the shamanic art of a noble death, becoming a hollow bone, traveling through the three worlds, and how to embrace the imaginal beauty of a living, sentient, and ever-evolving cosmos. Feel soul-animating moments with Creation itself as don Oscar and selected sacred storytellers share their transformative experiences. Cultivate spiritual discernment, learn how to consecrate your shamanic ceremonial space, practice an ancient Andean earth walk ritual, internalize the soul-nurturing beauty of Mother Earth with the Pachamama Renewal Process, work with the five principal animal allies of Universal Shamanism, and discover the loving grace that sparked the emergence of shamanism as a universal path of healing service. You must live the path to understand it. SHAMANISM is the medicine our world needs for seven generations and beyond.
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July 1977Spectaculum 26
Acht moderne Theaterstücke
by Thomas Brasch, Per Olov Enquist, Franz Jung, Else Lasker-Schüler, Heiner Müller, Gerhard Roth, Botho Strauß, Erwin Sylvanus, Heiner Gimmler
Thomas Brasch montiert in »Der Papiertiger« Texte, die er in den letzten Jahren in der DDR geschrieben hat. Die Grundsituation: Eine Gruppe, die vor Jahren eine Revolution oder einen Kinderladen machen wollte, spielt sich Erfahrungen vor, da sie keine Öffentlichkeit mehr finden können, zelebrieren sie ein Ritual. Der Ausbruch und die Rückkehr ins Kollektiv gehören dazu. Eingeschoben sind Szenen, in denen die Verweigerung von Herrschaft durchgehalten wird. Per Olov Enquist konstruiert in der Biographie von August Strindberg eine Szene: Strindbergs geschiedene Frau und ihre Freundin proben einen Einakter von Strindberg. Strindberg wohnt der Probe bei. Der Einakter interpretiert gemeinsame Erfahrungen, und die Erprobung auf der Szene, während die Vergangenheit durchschlägt, korrigiert Strindberg. Die Story ist ein Vehikel, die Verstörungen der Männer durch womans lib, die Ängste und neuerlichen Rückzüge den Beteiligten vorzuspielen. Franz Jung schrieb »Heimweh« 1927 für Erwin Piscator. Das Stück - zunächst eine Südseekolportage - liest sich wie ein Film, fremde, schöne, unverständliche Bilder. Der Text, mehr Vorlage denn Literatur, wäre im Film gleichwohl nicht auflösbar, er sucht in der Körperlichkeit das Unausgesprochene, die Unruhe, die die Menschen weitertreibt, als ihren besten Teil.Else Lasker-Schüler schrieb »Die Wupper« 1909. Herbert Ihering schrieb 1913: »Alles ist Sinnlichkeit, Bild und Farbe. Am Anfang steht dasselbe Gefühl, das Else Lasker-Schülers Lyrik geboren hat. Verzückungen sind unter die Oberfläche gestiegen. Ekstasen leben als verdeckte Energiequellen fort. Der Raum ist eine Vision der Gestalten.« Heiner Müller schrieb sein »Friedrich«-Stück 1975/76. Vorangegangen waren »Die Schlacht« und »Germania«: Stücke über die Fähigkeit der Deutschen zum Faschismus. Bleibt die Frage nach ihrer Schulung, die Jahrhunderte ungebrochener preußischer Übung, Jahrhunderte auch der Ohnmacht von Literatur. Gezwungen zur Onanie.Gerhard Roth schrieb »Die Sehnsucht« 1976. Er konfrontiert Menschen, die so obsessiv mit ihrem eigenen Ich beschäftigt sind, daß sie keine Erfahrungen machen können. Die Gespräche verkommen zu Monologen, Zuwendung wird zum taktischen Spiel. Hinter den Lügen, Vortäuschungen und Maskierungen lebt die Sehnsucht nach neuen Erfahrungen.Botho Strauß schrieb »Bekannte Gesichter, gemischte Gefühle« 1974. Das Stück handelt von drei Ehepaaren, die alle untereinander liiert waren, und Karl, der einen Autounfall überlebt hat, der zaubern kann. Sie leben in einem entlegenen Hotel. »Leidenschaften bewahrt dieses Museum kaum noch auf, höchstens ein paar häßliche Überreste davon.« (Benjamin Henrichs)Erwin Sylvanus schrieb das Stück »Victor Jara« 1976, zwei Jahre zuvor reiste er durch Chile. In der Biographie des Sängers schildert er den Kampf der Chilenen für ihren sozialistischen Weg.
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