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The Book of the City of Ladies

By : Christine de Pizan

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Book Synopsis :

A fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture, written by France's first professional woman of lettersThe pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine de Pizan 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 Book of the City?of?Ladies provides positive images of women, ranging from warriors and

Book Detail :

Author : Christine de Pizan

Pages : 336 pages

Publisher : Penguin Classics

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 0140446893

ISBN-13 : 9780140446890

 
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