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Essays On Air: Joan of Arc, our one true superhero

  • Written by Ali Alizadeh, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University
Why did this woman, so devoted to her political cause and to her vision of a united France, chose to be burnt at the stake at the age of 19 instead of acquiescing to her judges’ directives?shutterstock.com

One need not be a parent of a young child, as I am, to be conscious of the full-blown resurgence of the superhero in contemporary popular...

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