The Book of the City of Ladies
by Christine De Pizan
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 089255066X
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550661
- Seller
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Missoula, Montana, United States
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About This Item
The 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 inventors, scholars to prophetesses, and artists to saints.
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- Bookseller
- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ4903350
- Title
- The Book of the City of Ladies
- Author
- Christine De Pizan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 089255066X
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550661
- Publisher
- Persea Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983-01
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Medieval Studies;