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The Maid of Orleans (poem)
''The Maid of Orleans'' ((フランス語:La Pucelle d'Orléans)) is a satirical poem by François-Marie Arouet, better known by his pen name, Voltaire. It was first properly published in 1899, but Voltaire had written it over a century beforehand; while he had started writing the text in 1730, he never fully completed it.〔Voltaire, p.14〕 It was translated into English by W. H. Ireland.〔Espinasse, p.ix〕
== Scandal ==
Voltaire was undoubtedly one of the most controversial writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment Age, and ''The Maid of Orleans'' was also certainly one of his more contentious works. An epic and scandalous satire concerning the life of the not-yet-canonised Joan of Arc ("the Maid of Orleans"), the poem was outlawed, burned and banned throughout a great portion of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries.〔Heimann, p.13〕 Containing mockery and satirical commentary on the life and antics of its subject, the poem itself has variously been described as "bawdy"〔 and "licentious".〔
Despite the often sexist and indecent contents of the text, its notoriety and contraband status made it one of the most widely read texts concerning Joan of Arc for several centuries.〔 Circulating throughout the banned regions by often surreptitious means, the book was read by a large number of the populace.〔Standish, p.159〕 It was also disseminated by Voltaire himself to some of his colleagues and other members of the upper class,〔 the circle of people and the portion of society that the text was specifically intended for.〔Schlosser, p.264〕
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