The Vision of Christine de Pizan

Alongside her documentation of the difficulties faced by a medieval woman left widowed early in life, she also explores issues of gender and authorship, interpretation and misinterpretation in her remarkable career as a writer and advisor of princes.The translation offered here is accompanied by a contextualising introduction, interpretive essay, and analytical bibliography.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Glenda McLeod
• Con la collaborazione di: Glenda McLeod (Traduzione), Charity Cannon Willard (Traduzione)
• Editore: D. S. Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2005
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 147 mm x 216 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 392 g
• Serie: Library of Medieval Women (Har
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie