The Allegory of Female Authority: Christine de Pizan's Cité Des Dames by Maureen Quilligan

The Allegory of Female Authority: Christine de Pizan's Cité Des Dames

Maureen Quilligan

312 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced
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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 Cit des Dames (1405) is the earliest European w...

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