[Free and download] The Book of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics)
☆ Christine de Pizan, Rosalind Brown-Grant ☆
| #46651 in Books | Christine de Pizan | 2000-01-01 | 2000-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x.78 x5.00l,.60 | File Name: 0140446893 | 336 pages | The Book of the City of Ladies
||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A Medieval French Classic (in English)|By SuzyinHarlem|Jung would have had a field day with this account, written in the form of a dream which came to the author. Christine de Pizan was one of the most remarkable women of her day or any day, scholarly and self-supporting in a time when women were mostly without rights. She wrote this book in defense of women, who were general|Language Notes|Text: English (translation)| Original Language: French|About the Author|Christine de Pizan (c.1364-1430) was France's first professional woman of letters and the author of The Book of the City of La
A fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture, written by France's first professional woman of letters
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 ...
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