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George bernard shaw play saint joan6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() (D) Sections 35-41: The Nature of Historical Drama and Saint Joan viewed as a Tragedy (C) Sections 22-34: The Nature of Joan's Death in Relation to Modern Acts of Inhumanity ![]() (B) Sections 17-21: Misrepresentations of Joan in Literature and in Relation to Medieval Society and the Medieval Church (A) Sections 1-16: Various Views of the Historical Joan The Preface is divided into forty-one sub-sections, which could be loosely divided into the following categories for discussion: The Preface to Saint Joan is one of Shaw's longer ones and presents again many of his views of the personage of Joan from a more objective point of view. Shaw often writes a lengthy preface to his plays for his readers in which he will comment on matters in the play or matters relevant to it. ![]()
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