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Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc has inspired artistic and cultural works for nearly six centuries. The following lists cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. The entries represent portrayals that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalog. Lesser known works, particularly from early periods, are not included. In 1979 the Bibliothèque Municipale in Rouen, France held an exhibition that contained over 500 images and other items that related to Joan of Arc.[1] Many of the excluded items are derivative of better known representations. For instance, Schiller's play inspired at least 82 different dramatic works during the nineteenth century. Verdi's and Tchaikovsky's operatic adaptations are still recorded and performed. Most of the others survive only in research libraries.[2] In 1894 Émile Huet listed over 400 plays and musical works about Joan of Arc. Despite a great deal of scholarly interest in Joan of Arc no complete list of artistic works about her exists, although a 1989 doctoral dissertation did identify all relevant films including ones for which no copy survives.[3]
For purposes of classification, popular culture music is a separate section from operas and oratorios. Films include made-for-television movies and miniseries. Television covers live action series. Comics and Animation details both North American animation and Japanese anime, as well as manga and graphic novels.
The story of Joan of Arc was a popular subject for dramatization in the 1940s. In addition to Maxwell Anderson's play Joan of Lorraine and the Ingrid Bergman film Joan of Arc, there was also the 1948 RKO film The Miracle of the Bells starring Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, and Frank Sinatra, about a dying film actress whose first and last role is Joan of Arc. There were also three radio dramatizations of the story of Joan during those years, one of them specifically written with a World War II framework.
[edit] Literature and theater
| Date |
Title |
Author |
Notes |
| 1429 |
"Song in Honor of Joan of Arc" |
Christine de Pizan |
An elegiac poem written during Jeanne's own lifetime is this author's final work. English translation available: [4]. |
| 1450 |
story of the Siege of Orléans |
Anonymous (possibly Jacques Millet) |
First performed in Orléans four years after Joan of Arc's death. The surviving version appears to be a revision from around 1450. God and several saints play major roles in this sprawling drama of more than a hundred speaking parts. |
| 1590 |
Henry VI, Part 1 |
William Shakespeare |
Joan la Pucelle is the principal villain. Drawn from English sources of the previous century, this Joan of Arc begins with the appearance of piety but soon proves to be a cunning witch justly executed. Project Gutenberg text: [5]. |
| 1756 |
The Maid of Oranges |
Voltaire |
A mock epic poem that explores typically Voltairean themes deriding mysticism as humbug. Wikisource text (in French): [6] |
| 1801 |
The Maid of Orléans |
Friedrich Schiller |
In literary rebuttal to Voltaire, Schiller creates a sympathetic Joan of Arc as a Romantic heroine. A magic helmet renders her invincible until she falls in love, and she is killed in battle rather than being burned at the stake. This drama was the basis of Tchaikovsky's opera of the same name. Project Gutenberg text in English: [7]. |
| 1817 |
Histoire de Jeanne d'Arc (History of Joan of Arc) |
Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes |
(Paris, Ed. Artus Bertrand, 1817) Called the Maid of Orléans, drawn from her own declarations, of one hundred forty-four depositions of eyewitnesses, and of the manuscripts of the library of the King and the Tower of London. |
| 1896 |
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc |
Mark Twain |
This novel remains little remembered yet in his own opinion was his finest work. Twain spent months in France researching newly rediscovered documents. This reverent fictional biography is Twain's most uncharacteristic novel. Project Gutenberg text: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. |
| 1912 |
Tapestry of Saint Genevieve and Joan of Arc |
Charles Péguy |
Poetry. Péguy also wrote a play in three parts entitled Jeanne d'Arc, (1896). |
| 1923 |
Gilles and Jeanne |
Georg Kaiser |
Expressionist drama explores Joan of Arc's association with the most notorious criminal of her era, Gilles de Rais. |
| 1923 |
Saint Joan |
George Bernard Shaw |
This drama, widely esteemed as Shaw's masterpiece, draws heavily from trial records. Historians dismiss Shaw's contention that she was an early Protestant with impartial judges. Subsequent twentieth century plays often mirror Shaw's interest in her trial. ISBN 0-14-043791-6 |
| 1930 |
Saint Joan of the Stockyards |
Bertolt Brecht |
Transposes Joan of Arc into working-class Chicago and portrays her as a labor leader. Brecht made Joan of Arc the subject of two other plays, all three with Marxist themes; they are an adaptation of a radio play by Anna Seghers, The Trial of Joan of Arc of Proven, 1431 and The Visions of Simone Machard. ISBN 1-55970-420-9 |
| 1935 |
A Vida de Joana D'Arc (Life of Joan of Arc) |
Érico Veríssimo |
A Brazilian historical novel addressed to young people. |
| 1946 |
Joan of Lorraine |
Maxwell Anderson |
This play-within-a-play is chiefly memorable as the basis for Ingrid Bergman's screen portrayal. ASIN B0006YOM36 |
| 1953 |
L'Alouette (The Lark) |
Jean Anouilh |
An allegory of Vichy collaboration in the aftermath of World War II. Lillian Hellman's noteworthy English translation adds a critique of McCarthyism and included a score by Leonard Bernstein. ISBN 0-8222-0634-X |
| 1964 |
The Dead Lady of Clown Town |
Cordwainer Smith |
A far-future science fiction story with strong parallels to the history of Joan of Arc. |
| 1968 |
The Image of the Beast |
Philip José Farmer |
Joan of Arc is portrayed as an alien sexual predator, still alive in the 20th century but with her body altered to enable the also-alien 15th-century serial killer Gilles de Rais to live within her vagina dentata as a fang-toothed venomous snake that bites and paralyses men during intercourse. |
| 1974 |
Blood Red, Sister Rose |
Thomas Keneally |
The novel explores the imagined psychology of Joan and tells her story from Domrémy to the coronation of Charles VII. The conversations of Joan with her voices are a notable feature of the book. Significant secondary characters include Charles and Gilles de Rais. ISBN 0-00-221087-8 |
| 1993 |
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc |
Carolyn Gage |
A one woman-lesbian play. Joan returns to share her story with contemporary women. She tells her experiences with the highest levels of church, state, and military, and unmasks the brutal misogyny behind male institutions. ISBN 0-93-982106-0 |
| 1997 |
An Army of Angels |
Pamela Marcantel |
A novel which depicts Joan of Arc according to the author's conception of her personality. ISBN 0-312-18042-X |
| 1999 |
Jeanne d'Arc |
Michel Peyramaure |
A novel in two parts (in French). ISBN 2-221-08922-7 and ISBN 2-221-08923-5. |
| 2003 |
Monstrous Regiment |
Terry Pratchett |
Part of the Discworld series, a fictional character styled after Joan of Arc dresses as a man to lead an army. ISBN 0-06-001316-8 |
| 2005 |
Hire, or the Anger of Jeanne |
Régine Deforges. |
(In French). ISBN 2-213-62497-6 |
| 2006 |
Rogue Angel Series |
Alex Archer |
A series of action/adventure novels, the main character of which is the successor to Joan of Arc. |
| 2006 |
The Black Parade Special Edition |
My Chemical Romance |
Singer, Gerard Way, talks about his fascination with Joan of Arc. The special edition album artwork contains a drawing of her leading multiple other characters while on horseback. |
[edit] Operas, oratorios, and vocal works
[edit] Paintings
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Sketch by Clément de Fauquembergue, 1429, drawn on the day that news arrived in Paris of the French victory at Orléans. The artist had never seen her in person, but this is the only depiction from her lifetime that survives. |
| Date |
Title |
Artist |
Location |
Notes |
| May 10, 1429 |
untitled |
Clément de Fauquembergue |
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Doodle in the margin of the register of the Parlement of Paris. |
| c. 1450 |
Le Champion des Dames |
Martin Lefranc |
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Miniature portrait in an illustrated manuscript in an anachronistic Biblical setting, with long hair, wearing armor and a long robe. |
| c. 1460 |
Chronique de Charles VII |
Jean Chartier |
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Miniature portrait in an illustrated manuscript, similar portrayal to Le Champion des Dames. |
| 1484 |
Vigiles du Roi Charles VII |
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Miniature portrait in an illuminated manuscript, similar portrayal to Le Champion des Dames. |
| late fifteenth century |
untitled |
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Hermitage of Notre-Dame de Bermont, France |
Fresco of two young women: one a peasant girl at prayer, the other dressed in male attire: possible depictions of Joan of Arc rediscovered underneath a later work. Joan of Arc was known to pray often at the site. |
| 1557 |
Portrait of the Town Council of Orléans |
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Joan of Arc wears a robe with slashed sleeves and a plume (symbolic of victory in war) and holds a sword. This became a model for many later portraits. |
| 1620 |
Joan of Arc at Prayer |
Peter Paul Rubens |
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC |
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| 1824 |
Jeanne d'Arc interrogated in prison by the cardinal of Winchester |
Paul Delaroche |
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen |
oil on canvas 277 x 217 cm |
| 1833 |
Jeanne d'Arc, in the presence of Charles VII, answers questions from churchmen about her visions and revelations |
Louvre, Paris |
Gillot Saint-Èvre |
170 x 140 cm |
| 1854 |
Jeanne at the coronation of Charles VII |
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
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| 1865 |
Joan of Arc at Prayer |
John Everett Millais |
Private collection |
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| 1879 |
Jeanne d'Arc |
Jules Bastien-Lepage |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
oil on canvas 100" x 110" |
| 1886 |
Jeanne in adoration before the Virgin |
Eugène Grandin, based on a work by Momet |
Mehun-sur-Yèvre |
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| 1880 – 1890 |
Jeanne d'Arc hears her voices |
Eugène Carrière |
Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| 1886 – 1890 |
Jeanne d'Arc, shepherdess |
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu |
Panthéon, Paris |
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| 1886 – 1890 |
Jeanne d'Arc in armor before Orléans |
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu |
Panthéon, Paris |
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| 1886 – 1890 |
Jeanne d'Arc in Rheims at the time of king Charles VII's coronation |
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu |
Panthéon, Paris |
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| 1886 – 1890 |
Jeanne at the stake |
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu |
Panthéon, Paris |
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| c. 1870 |
Jeanne d'Arc arriving at Orléans |
Jean-Jacques Scherrer |
Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Rouen |
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| ? |
The departure of Jeanne d'Arc |
Jean-Jacques Scherrer |
Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Vaucouleurs |
oil on canvas 430 x 320 cm |
| ? |
Joan of Arc at Vaucouleurs |
C. R. Walter |
Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Chinon |
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[edit] Sculpture
| Date |
Artist |
Location |
Notes |
| 1852 |
François Rude |
Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg |
Standing figure. |
| 1855 |
Denis Foyatier, with bas relief pedestal by Vital Dubray |
Orléans, place du Martroi |
Bronze equestrian statue. |
| 1874 |
Emmanuel Frémiet |
Philadelphia, Fairmount Park |
Equestrian statue. Made from a plaster mold commissioned in 1874 by Napoleon III and originally located in Paris; a copy of the Paris statue was commissioned by Philadelphia, but Frémiet sent the original, as he had replaced the Paris statue with a revised one. [8]. [9], [10] |
| 1882 |
Frederic Leroux |
Compiègne, France |
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| 1889 |
Paul DuBois |
Rheims, France |
Equestrian statue. |
| 1891 |
Marius Mercié |
Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France |
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| 1892 |
Louis-Ernest Barrias |
Bonsecours, France |
Standing figure in white marble and gold leaf. In 1990 the original was moved to the church basilica and its gold leaf was removed. A copy in gold leaf now occupies the site where the original once stood. |
| 1895 |
Paul DuBois |
Paris, Place St. Augustin |
Equestrian Statue located in front of the Eglise St. Augustin. Copies were placed in other cities in France, such as Rheims and Strasbourg. |
| 1899 |
Emmanuel Frémiet |
Paris, Place des Pyramides |
Equestrian statue. Originally ommissioned in 1874 by Napoleon III; this is a revised version of the statue Frémiet made at that time. |
| 1900 |
Prosper d'Épinay |
Rheims, France |
Standing figure. Donated to Rheims cathedral in 1909. |
| 1907 |
Emmanuel Frémiet |
State Library of Victoria, Australia |
Equestrian statue, replica of the Emmanuel Frémiet statue in Paris. |
| 1915 |
Anna Hyatt Huntington |
New York City, Riverside Park at 93rd Street |
Equestrian statue. This was the first public statue in the city to be dedicated to a woman (as opposed to idealized concepts such as Liberty and Victory). Information from the New York Public Art Curriculum site: [11]. |
| 1915 |
Paul Manship |
Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Medal, showing an equestrian figure on the obverse and a figure at the stake on the reverse. |
| After 1921 |
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Matane, Québec, church of St. Joan of Arc |
Standing figure. |
| 1922 |
Paul DuBois |
Washington, D.C., Meridian Hill Park |
Bronze copy of the statue by DuBois at Rheims Cathedral. |
| 1920 |
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New Orleans, Louisiana, St. Louis Cathedral |
Standing figure. It was donated to the Cathedral by "The Sodality of Saint Joan of Arc." |
| cast 1924 |
Emmanuel Frémiet |
Portland, Oregon, Laurelhurst neighborhood |
Equestrian statue. It was erected as a tribute to the fallen soldiers of World War I and is a replica of the Frémiet statue at Place des Pyramides in Paris. [12] |
| 1947 |
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Laval (Québec) |
Standing figure. |
| ? |
Lanson |
Jargeau, Franceplace du Martroy |
Standing figure |
| ? |
? |
Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica - Montreal, Québec |
Standing figure, to the left of the altar. |
| 1972 |
Emmanuel Frémiet |
Decatur Street, French Quarter - New Orleans, Louisiana |
Equestrian statue. It was a gift from the People of France to the City of New Orleans and is a replica of the Frémiet statue at Place des Pyramides in Paris. |
| Date |
Title |
Country |
Notes |
Ref |
| 1898 |
Jeanne d'Arc |
France |
short film directed by Georges Hatot |
[13] |
| 1900 |
Jeanne d'Arc |
France |
short film directed by George Méliès starring Jeanne d'Alcy |
[14] |
| 1908 |
Jeanne d'Arc |
France |
directed by Albert Capellani, starring Léontine Massart |
[15] |
| 1908 |
Giovanna d'Arco |
Italy |
directed by Mario Caserini starring Maria Gasperini, based on Schiller's play |
[16] |
| 1913 |
Giovanna d'Arco |
Italy |
directed by Ubaldo Maria Del Colle starring Maria Jacobini |
[17] |
| 1917 |
Joan the Woman |
USA |
directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Geraldine Farrar, with a framework set in the trenches of World War I |
[18] |
| 1927 |
Saint Joan |
USA |
Directed by Widgey R. Newman, starring Sybil Thorndike. Based on a scene from Shaw's play. |
[19] |
| 1928 |
The Passion of Joan of Arc |
France |
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti. Review for the 2002 DVD release:[20]. |
[21] |
| 1929 |
The Marvelous Life of Joan of Arc |
France |
directed by Marco de Gastines, starring Simone Genevois |
[22] |
| 1935 |
Das Mädchen Johanna |
Germany |
directed by Gustav Ucicky, starring Angela Salloker |
[23] |
| 1944 |
De Jeanne d'Arc à Philippe Pétain |
France |
documentary narrated by Sacha Guitry |
[24] |
| 1948 |
Joan of Arc |
USA |
directed by Victor Fleming, starring Ingrid Bergman, based on the Maxwell Anderson play Joan of Lorraine |
[25] |
| 1954 |
Giovanna d'Arco al Rogo |
Italy |
directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman, based on the oratorio by Paul Claudel and Arthur Honegger |
[26] |
| 1954 |
Destinies |
France |
a film in sketches directed by Jean Delannoy, starring Michèle Morgan |
[27] |
| 1956 |
Jehanne |
France |
short film directed by Robert Enrico |
[28] |
| 1957 |
Saint Joan |
USA |
directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jean Seberg, based on the George Bernard Shaw play |
[29] |
| 1957 |
The Story of Mankind |
USA |
directed by Irwin Allen, featuring Hedy Lamarr in one sequence as Joan of Arc. The film is based on a book by Hendrik Willem van Loon. |
[30] |
| 1957 |
The Lark |
USA |
live TV production in English of L'Alouette, starring Julie Harris, who also played the role on Broadway |
[31] |
| 1958 |
Saint Joan |
UK |
TV adaptation of Shaw's play, starring Siobhan McKenna |
[32] |
| 1960 |
Jeanne D'Arc auf dem Scheiterhaufen |
Germany |
movie for television starring Margot Trooger, another version of the Honegger oratorio |
[33] |
| 1961 |
Jeanne au Vitrail |
France |
short film directed by Claude Antoine |
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| 1962 |
Procès de Jeanne d'Arc |
France |
directed by Robert Bresson, starring Florence Delay |
[34] |
| 1962 |
Histoire de Jeanne |
France |
short film directed by Francis Lacassin |
|
| 1966 |
Fall Jeanne d'Arc, Der |
Germany |
TV movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Kathrin Schmid |
[35] |
| 1967 |
Saint Joan |
United States |
NBC television adaptation of Shaw's play, starring Geneviève Bujold |
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| 1968 |
St. Joan |
UK |
another television adaptation of Shaw's play, starring Janet Suzman |
|
| 1970 |
Nachalo - The Début |
USSR |
directed by Gleb Panfilov, starring Inna Сhurikova, satiric comedy |
|
| 1983 |
Joan of Arc |
UK |
directed by Gina Newson with commentary by Marina Warner |
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| 1989 |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
USA |
Jane Wiedlin portrayed Joan of Arc. Memorable lines include "Who was Joan of Arc?" "Noah's wife?" and "Welcome aboard, Miss of Arc!" |
[36] |
| 1989 |
Giovanna d'Arco |
Italy |
Verdi's opera directed by Werner Herzog starring Susan Dunn, based on Schiller's play |
[37] |
| 1990 |
Jeanne d'Ark - visjon gjennom eld |
Norway |
television movie written by Juni Dahr and John Morrow |
[38] |
| 1993 |
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher |
Japan |
TV movie of the Honegger-Claudel oratorio (in French), starring Marthe Keller |
[39] |
| 1994 |
Jeanne la Pucelle |
France |
directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Sandrine Bonnaire |
[40] |
| 1999 |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc |
USA |
directed by Luc Besson, starring Milla Jovovich |
[41] |
| 1999 |
Joan of Arc |
USA |
television mini-series starring Leelee Sobieski |
[42] |
| 2004 |
Jeanne d'Arc |
France |
television production in ballet directed by Laurent Preyale |
[43] |
| 2005 |
Reefer Madness |
USA |
TV movie starring Christine Lakin. Joan of Arc appears as an Emcee with a chorus of dancing girls and urges Jimmy to stop using drugs. Memorable line: "No Christian martyr works it harder!" |
[44] |
[edit] Joan of Arc in popular culture
| Date |
Title |
Artist/Group |
Notes |
| 1970 |
Songs of Love and Hate (album) |
Leonard Cohen |
Contains a song titled "Joan of Arc," and lyrics in the song "Last Year's Man" that refers to her: "I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark, oh one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc." |
| 1981 |
Architecture & Morality (album) |
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
Released two singles titled "Joan of Arc" and "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)." |
| 1986 |
Bigmouth Strikes Again (song) |
The Smiths |
Includes the lyrics, "And now I know how Joan of Arc felt, as the flames rose to her Roman nose and her Walkman started to melt," and "And now I know how Joan of Arc felt, as the flames rose to her Roman nose and her hearing aid started to melt." |
| 1993 |
Houdini (album) |
The Melvins |
Contains a song titled "Joan of Arc". |
| formed 1995 |
Joan of Arc |
The name of an indie rock band from Chicago |
| first release 1998 |
Janne Da Arc |
Japanese rock band named after the character in the manga Devilman by Go Nagai |
| 1999 |
"She’s So High" (song) |
Tal Bachman |
Includes the lyrics, "She's so high/ like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite", which speaks of the focus woman as being as smart as Cleopatra, as brave as Joan of Arc, and as beautiful as Aphrodite. |
| 2002 |
"Did Anybody Sleep With Joan Of Arc?" (song) |
Elton John (music), Bernie Taupin (lyrics) |
A summary of Joan of Arc's life. |
|
“Free & Easy” (song) |
Ayumi Hamasaki |
Japanese singer and songwriter, based the lyrics and music video for her single from her interpretation on Joan of Arc’s feelings. She also produced a photobook entitled "Hamasaki Republic - Free & Easy" where she was dressed as a warrior, a nun, and a knight. |
| 2004 |
A Lifetime of Temporary Relief (album) |
Low (band) |
Minnesota-based indie rock band released two versions of their song "Joan of Arc." |
| 2005 |
Plague Angel (album) |
Marduk |
Black metal band from Sweden, have a song entitled Everything Bleeds, which is about Jeanne d'Arc. |
| 2005 |
Aerial (album) |
Kate Bush |
Sings about Joan of Arc in "Joanni." |
| 2005 |
Jeanne d'Arc (album) |
Thy Majestie |
Concept album about Joan of Arc by a power metal band from Italy. |
| 2006 |
Jeanne d'Arc (album) |
Tangerine Dream |
Musical tribute to Joan of Arc performed on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the French Cathedral in Berlin. |
[edit] Television
| Date |
Series |
Notes |
Ref |
| 1972 - 1978 |
Maude |
CBS sitcom. The theme song includes the line 'Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her/she was a sister who really cooked.' |
[45] |
| 1994 - 2001 |
ReBoot (TV series) |
The super-virus, Daemon, is strongly based on Joan of Arc featuring a French accent and religious compulsion. |
| 1995 - 1998 |
Wishbone |
Animated series. Episode 11 is entitled Bone of Arc. The central premise of the series is a boy and his dog who daydream about traveling into history and literature to become heroes. |
[46] |
| 2000 - 2002 |
Witchblade |
TNT series based on the Witchblade comic book series. |
[47] |
| 2003 - 2005 |
Joan of Arcadia |
CBS series theme inspired by Joan of Arc, features a girl about Joan's age who speaks with God and uses His influence to do good deeds in her community. Washington Times article: [48]. |
[49] |
| 2004 |
Wonderfalls |
Fox Television series theme inspired by Joan of Arc. |
[50] |
| 2006 - 2007 |
Heroes (TV series) |
NBC drama. The metafictional comic book, "9th Wonders" features a character called St. Joan. It is strongly implied that muscle mimic, Monica Dawson is meant to fill this role in the series. |
[edit] Video games and computer games
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| Date |
Game |
Notes |
| 1988 |
Joan of Arc - Siege and the Sword / Jeanne d'Arc |
Historically based strategy and action game for Amiga, ST and PC. |
| 1992 |
World Heroes series |
NeoGeo fighting game. The character Janne D'Arc, a beautiful French swordwoman with pyrokinetic powers, is very much inspired by Joan of Arc. |
| 1995 |
Soul Edge |
Fighting game released by Namco about a sword full of evil spirits. The character Sophitia Alexandra shares a similar story to Joan of Arc. |
| 1999 |
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings |
A playable character in one of the major campaigns. |
| 2000 |
Perfect Dark |
Nintendo 64 game. The central character is named Joanna Dark, a play on Jeanne d'Arc. |
| 2001 |
Civilization III |
The Leader of France's civilization is Joan of Arc. |
| 2002 |
La Pucelle: Tactics |
PlayStation game. The title is an allusion to Joan of Arc. Most of the character and place names within the game are French, but the game scenario is unrelated fantasy. |
| 2004 |
Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc |
PC game, title character. |
| 2006 |
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings |
Nintendo DS game major playable character. |
| 2006 |
Jeanne d'Arc |
PSP game, Title character in a fantasy universe loosely based on the historical story. |
| 2007 |
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War |
PS3 game, Xbox 360 game, major character and leader of the French troops. |
| 2008 |
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm |
PC game, the Sisters of Battle race is based on Joan of Arc |
[edit] Comics and Animation
| Date |
Title |
Format |
Notes |
Ref |
| 1995 - 1996 |
Jeanne |
Comic |
Three volume work set in the Hundred Years' War whose central character's life parallels that of Joan of Arc. By Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, based on story by Chōjun Ōtani Info (Japanese) |
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| 1995 - 1996 |
D'arc: Histoire de Jeanne D'arc |
Comic |
Two volume fantasy retelling the story of Joan of Arc. Art by Katsuya Kondō and story by Ken'ichi Sakemi. |
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| 1995 - present |
Witchblade |
Comic, TV series |
Joan of Arc is a blade wielder. |
[51] |
| 1998 - 2000 |
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne |
Comic and Animation |
The reincarnation of Joan of Arc, the gymnastic champion Maron Kusakabe, is the main character. She uses her God-given powers and arsenal of push-pins to trap demons who hide in works of art. Arina Tanemura, writer (comic edition). |
[52] |
| 1998 - 2000 |
Histeria! |
Animation |
WB animated series that parodies a variety of figures from history. Joan of Arc is a regular character, voiced by Laraine Newman. She constantly extinguishes fires that spring up around her. She talks with a Valley Girl accent and introduces herself as "like, I'm Joan, Joan of Arc". |
[53] |
| 1998 - 2004 |
Shaman King |
Animation |
The leader of the group X-Laws, Iron Maiden Jeanne, is a French girl who receives a divine revelation while praying in church that she must purge an evil force or the world will be destroyed. |
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| March 17, 2002 |
The Simpsons |
Animation |
In episode "Tales from the Public Domain," Lisa Simpson plays Joan of Arc and Milhouse plays the Dauphin, after Homer reads about her in a children's book. However, when Homer gets to the part where she was burned at the stake, Lisa says, "Was she killed?" and Marge runs in and says, "No, at the last second, a handsome prince rode up on a horse, saved her, and they were married and lived happily ever after!" She then tore the page out, ate it, and says, "Easier to chew than that Bambi video!" Episode synopsis: [54]. |
[55] |
| 2002 - 2003 |
Clone High |
Animation |
Joan of Arc's clone appeared in the traditionally animated show. |
[56] |
| 2003 |
Digimon |
Animation |
The seventh movie of the Digimon series features a Digimon named d'Arcmon who is a female angel and soldier leading the "human-type" Digimon on Wondering Island. She uses a special sword attack called "La Pucelle." She later is revealed only to be a disguised form of Murmuxmon. |
[57] |
| 2003 |
Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Animation, TCG |
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card game there is a monster card named St. Joan (Saint Jeanne in Japan). It is summoned by fusing The Forgiving Maiden (Compassionate Nun) and Marie the Fallen One (Fallen Angel Marie).
In the anime Yu-Gi-Oh Serenity Wheeler (Shizuka Kawai) used it when she, Tristan Taylor (Hiroto Honda), and Duke Devlin (Ryuji Otogi) were forced to face Nesbitt (Soichiro Ota). With power ups from other cards it was able to destroy Nesbitt's last monster, the Perfect Machine King, and win the duel in episode 107 "Mechanical Mayhem Part 2" ("Saint Jeanne's Trinity Attack").
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[58] |
| 2005 |
Top 10: The Forty-Niners |
Comic |
One of the officers, named Joanna Dark, dresses in chainmail and uses holy powers. |
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Portions of this page were translated from the French Wikipedia.
- ^ Pernoud and Clin, p. 243.
- ^ Ibid., p. 239.
- ^ Ibid., pp. 240, 246.
[edit] References
- Nadia Margolis, Joan of Arc in History, Literature, and Film (New York: Garland, 1990).
- Régine Pernoud and Marie-Veronique Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, trans. Jeremy Duquesnay Adams (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999).
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This is a list of people, places, events, etc. that feature in Ezra Pound's The Cantos, a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto.
- Abd al Melik - The first Caliph to strike Islamic coinage - Canto XCVII
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- Novanglus - Pen-name Adams used for essays written in 1775 to argue against the British Parliament's right to tax or legislate for the American colonies. Canto LXII
- John Quincy Adams - Son of John Adams - Canto XLVIII
- Charles Francis Adams - Son of John Quincy Adams - Canto XLVIII
- Samuel Adams – Cousin of John Adams – Adams Cantos
- Adonis - Canto XVIIL
- Aegisthus - Canto XC
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