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The Bluebeard Syndrome in Atwood's Lady Oracle: Fear and Femininity
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Why is there such a wide readership for books that essentially say, "Your husband is trying to kill you"? People aren't interested in pop culture books out of some pure random selection. They connect with something real in people's lives.
Margaret Atwood to Karla Hammond, July 1978
Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle (1976) is rich in variations on established literary forms and conventions. For its overall formal structure, Atwood draws on the Kunstlerroman ("artist-novel"), a subgen...
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The Bluebeard Syndrome in Atwood's Lady Oracle: Fear and Femininity
Marvels & Tales
; Why is there such a wide readership for books that essentially say, "Your husband is trying to kill you"? People aren't interested in pop culture books out of some pure random selection. They connect with something real in people's lives. Margaret Atwood to Karla Hammond, July 1978 Margaret
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What about Joan? A fierce woman in combat? Medieval gender bender? Sandra Miesel has the inside scoop on Joan of Arc.
Women's Quarterly
; JOAN OF ARC is the one medieval figure everybody knows. But what they acknowledge varies wildly. To Shakespeare, Joan was a witch; to Shaw, a proto-Protestant; to Twain, a true saint in a godless universe. The poet Schiller and the composer Verdi added love interests to her story but left out death
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A Saint for Sore Eyes; Films Keep Telling the Joan of Arc Story--and Getting It Wrong
The Washington Post
; Joan of Arc has inspired innumerable writers since her death more than 500 years ago, from Voltaire to George Bernard Shaw. And since the 1916 "Joan the Woman," and Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928), she has also become a perennial subject for film directors. What is
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Joan of Arc in French Art and Culture (1700-1855), From Satire to Sanctity
Arthuriana
; NORA M. HEIMANN, Joan of Arc in French Art and Culture (1700-1855), From Satire to Sanctity. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xvi, 215. ISBN: 0-7546-5085-5. $99-50. Thanks to the detailed court records from her trial and subsequent rehabilitation, Joan of Arc's life may well be the most
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STOCKING THRILLER?; Joan Collins is back on stage baring (nearly) all. So how, at 68, does she it? Here, she reveals her beauty secrets.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: SHONA SIBARY MY LOOKS JOAN SAYS: 'I always keep my face out of the sun and never use soap on it. I protect it with makeup. Friends who have always used foundation have better skin than those who don't. 'Always apply it to your neck, blending it gradually so there's no tide mark. And use a
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Saints & Sinners; Milla Jovovich and her former flame stake their claim to Joan of Arc; 'Messenger' star doesn't deliver.
The Boston Herald
; The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. Rated R. At the Nickelodeon and suburban theaters. TWO AND ONE-HALF STARS Every age gets the Joan of Arc it deserves, and we get not Joan the Maid of Orleans but Joan the L'Oreal Girl. Supermodel and spokeswoman extraordinaireMilla Jovovich, currently seen
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Am I miffed about being uninvited to Joan's nuptials? Darling, I'm far too young
Evening Standard - London
; As Joan Collins weds for the fifth time, the tale of a pounds 375,000 fee and the 'old friends' who won't be there ONE cannot, it would appear, go anywhere at the moment without being accosted by some old fruit with an invitation to Joan Collins's wedding. Michael Caine, Johnny Gold, Ruby Wax -
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Am I miffed about being uninvited to Joan's nuptials? Darling, I'm far too young.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: NICKY HASLAM As Joan Collins weds for the fifth time, the tale of a [pound]375,000 fee and the 'old friends' who won't be there ONE cannot, it would appear, go anywhere at the moment without being accosted by some old fruit with an invitation to Joan Collins's wedding. Michael Caine, Johnny
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FASTEST LADY IN HOLLYWOOD; Leading lady: Joan Collins and inset, with her one time lover Warren Beatty.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Graham Lord FEW British actresses have achieved the iconic status of Joan Collinsa star whose beauty, wit and indomitable spirit have helped turn her into anational treasure. And few have confronted the ups and downs of their own lives with suchdisarming honesty. A new biography,
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A heroine's footsteps; Domremy to Rouen on Joan of Arc trail.(TRAVEL)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Linda Joyce Forristal, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Tributes to Joan of Arc can be found all over France in statues, streets, museums and restaurants, but there is no official network or integrated signage to promote cultural-heritage tourism to the sites associated with the country's
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