Word: foreworded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though Author E. M. Delafield expressly states in a foreword that this book is not intended as propaganda against the Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics will find little aid and comfort in it. Most of the characters are Catholic and are shown in a kindly light, but the villain of the piece is also the most faithful churchman. The tragedy hinges on the Catholic rules for marriage, against divorce...
...Passion of Joan of Arc" is the exception that proves the rule--the rule that movies are not art. In fact, it is a bit unfair, without this foreword, to call "Joan" a "movie," for "movie" connotes squawking, sexy, sentimentality, while "Joan of Arc" is history and literature...