{"product_id":"the-allegory-of-female-authority-christine-de-pizans-cite-des-dames-hardback-9780801425523","title":"The Allegory of Female Authority; Christine De Pizan's \"Cité Des Dames\" (Hardback) 9780801425523","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Allegory of Female Authority\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChristine De Pizan's \"Cité Des Dames\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaureen Quilligan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801425523\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 February 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, - 26 Illustrations, black and white - 50 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Allegory of Female Authority\u003c\/i\u003e eleborates the case for the uniqueness and relevance of Christine de Pizan and her work and for bringing both 'the problem of the author' and the reexamination of medieval texts closer to current centers of critical and theoretical attention.\u003c\/p\u003e (Speculum)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584722628888,"sku":"9780801425523","price":115.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-allegory-of-female-authority-christine-de-pizans-cite-des-dames-hardback-9780801425523","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}