Christine De Pizan and the Moral Defence of Women - Reading Beyond Gender

Sommario

Introduction; 1. The 'querelle de la Rose': Christine's critique of misogynist doctrine and literary practice; 2. The Epistre Othéa: an ethical and allegorical alternative to the Roman de la Rose?; 3. The Avision-Christine: a female exemplar for the princely reader; 4. The Livre de la Cités Dames: generic transformation and the moral defence of women; 5. The Livre des Trois Vertus: a betrayal of the Cité?

Riassunto

Christine de Pizan's Livre de la Cité des Dames (1405) is justly renowned for its full-scale assault on the misogynist stereotypes which dominated the culture of the Middle Ages. This study shows the text's underlying unity and its insistence on the moral, if not the social, equality of the sexes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rosalind Brown-Grant, Rosalind (University of Leeds) Brown-Grant, Brown-Grant Rosalind
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.01.2000
• EAN: 9780521641944
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64194-4
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata