The Allegory of Female Authority

Christine de Pizan's "Cité des Dames"

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Maureen Quilligan

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Hardback

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The first professional female writer, Christine de Pizan (1363-1431) was widowed at age twenty-five and supported herself and her family by enlisting powerful patrons for her poetry. Her Livre de la Cité des Dames (1405) is the earliest European work on women's history by a woman. An allegorical poem that revises masculine traditions, it asserts and defends the authority of women in general and of its author in particular. In this generously illustrated book, Maureen Quilligan provides a persuasive and penetrating interpretation of the Cité.

Author Biography:

Maureen Quilligan is Howard E. and Judith Steinberg Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of The Allegory of Female Authority: Christine de Pizan's Cité des Dames.

Release date Australia

February 26th, 1992

Author

Maureen Quilligan

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

50 Halftones, black and white; 26 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

312

Dimensions

152x229x27

ISBN-13

9780801425523

Product ID

14155740

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