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The Book of the City of Ladies Paperback - 2000
by Christine de Pizan; Rosalind Brown-Grant (Translator); Introduction by Rosalind Brown-Grant
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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 virtuesReason, Rectitude and Justiceappear 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 Book of 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.
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- Title The Book of the City of Ladies
- Author Christine de Pizan; Rosalind Brown-Grant (Translator); Introduction by Rosalind Brown-Grant
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780140446890 / 0140446893
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Feminism, Imaginary conversations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00267752
- Dewey Decimal Code 843.2
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