Chapter 4

Part 4: The Conflict between Genius and Discipline; Joan as Theocrat; Unbroken Success Essential in Theocracy; Modern Distortions of Joan's History; History always Out of Date; The Real Joan not Marvellous Enough for Us; The Stage Limits of Historical Representation; A Void in the Elizabethan Drama; Tragedy, not Melodrama; The Inevitable Flatteries of Tragedy; Some Well-meant Proposals for the Improvement of the Play; The Epilogue; To the Critics, lest they should feel

Saint Joan: Preface