Epic poem · 1796
Joan of Arc, an Epic Poem
In Ten Books (first edition, 1796)
Southey's youthful republican epic in ten books of blank verse, written in 1793 and published in 1796: Joan of Arc heals the wounded Dunois, wins over Charles VII and the besieged city of Orleans, and in visions of Heaven and Hell sees the crimes of kings and the hope of a freer world.
Contents · 10 parts
- Book the Firstabout 530 lines
- Book the Secondabout 750 lines
- Book the Thirdabout 530 lines
- Book the Fourthabout 550 lines
- Book the Fifthabout 530 lines
- Book the Sixthabout 450 lines
- Book the Seventhabout 670 lines
- Book the Eighthabout 920 lines
- Book the Ninthabout 980 lines
- Book the Tenthabout 780 lines