The Book of the City of Ladies
by Christine, de Pisan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0892550619
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550616
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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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 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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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003639
- Title
- The Book of the City of Ladies
- Author
- Christine, de Pisan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0892550619
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550616
- Publisher
- Persea Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1982]
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