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Item Details
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THE BOOK OF THE CITY OF LADIES
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| By: |
Christine, Rosalind Brown-Grant (Trans), Rosalind Brown-Grant |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140446893 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140446890 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
24 June, 1999 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Christine de Pisan was a pioneer among female authors of the Middle Ages. This text is her first and foremost attempt to defend women from literary misogyny prevalent at the time. |
| Synopsis: |
Christine de Pizan (c.1364 1430) was France's first professional woman of letters. Her pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine has a dreamlike vision where three virtues Reason, Rectitude and Justice appear to correct this view. They instruct her to build an allegorical city in which womankind can be defended against slander, its walls and towers constructed from examples of female achievement both from her own day and the past: ranging from warriors, inventors and scholars to prophetesses, artists and saints. Christine de Pizan's spirited defence of her sex was unique for its direct confrontation of the misogyny of her day, and offers a telling insight into the position of women in medieval culture. THE CITY OF LADIES provides positive images of women, ranging from warriors and inventors, scholars to prophetesses, and artists to saints. The book also offers a fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture. |
| US Grade: |
Twelfth Grade and over |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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