Download or read book For Fear of the Fire written by Françoise Meltzer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-11-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meltzer uses the story of Joan of Arc to show how postmodern critique concealt nostalgia for transcendence and an imagined unity of mind and body that can only be challenged by uncoupling the feminine from mystery.