A host of modern authors have portrayed Joan of Arc as a heroine telling herstory as a way of commenting on their own situation in a world where the powerof art... » 

A host of modern authors have portrayed Joan of Arc as a heroine telling herstory as a way of commenting on their own situation in a world where the powerof art has decreased. Astell argues that many authors have seen their ownartistic vocation in the visions and voices that inspired Joan. «