With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naïve, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenged the conventions and values of her day.

雅克·勒高夫（Jacques Le Goff，1924－2014），法国历史学家，年鉴学派第三代代表人物之一，1972—1977年任法国社会科学高等学院院长。勒高夫专长中世纪史，尤其是12—13世纪。他认为中世纪本身是一个独立的文明，与希腊－罗马时代及现代有明显分别。勒高夫的著作有多种在中国翻译出版，如《圣路易》（2002）、《中世纪的知识分子》《钱袋与永生：中世纪的经济与宗教》《试谈另一个中世纪》（2014）等。

雅克·勒高夫（Jacques Le Goff，1924－2014），法国历史学家，年鉴学派第三代代表人物之一，1972—1977年任法国社会科学高等学院院长。勒高夫专长中世纪史，尤其是12—13世纪。他认为中世纪本身是一个独立的文明，与希腊－罗马时代及现代有明显分别。勒高夫的著作有多种在中国翻译出版，如《圣路易》（2002）、《中世纪的知识分子》《钱袋与永生：中世纪的经济与宗教》《试谈另一个中世纪》（2014）等。

With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naïve, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenged the conventions and values of her day.

David M. Halperin, Professor of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Kenya Hara, design begins with comprehension of the unknown. The concept of “exformation,” to which a chapter was already devoted in Designing Design, continues to preoccupy the Japanese designer. In contrast to “information,” “exformation” describes how little we really know and thus becomes the starting point for any type of design. Based on a range of projects stemming f...(展开全部)

For Kenya Hara, design begins with comprehension of the unknown. The concept of “exformation,” to which a chapter was already devoted in Designing Design, continues to preoccupy the Japanese designer. In contrast to “information,” “exformation” describes how little we really know and thus becomes the starting point for any type of design. Based on a range of projects stemming f...(展开全部)