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The Allegory of Female Authority : Christine de Pizan's "Cité des Dames" /

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 Cite des Dames (1405) is the earliest European work on women's history by a woman. An allegorica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quilligan, Maureen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Name of the Author
  • 2. Rewriting Tradition: The Authority of Female Subjectivity
  • 3. Rewriting the City: The Politics of Prophecy
  • 4. Rewriting the Body: The Politics of Martyrdom
  • 5. The Practice of History
  • Index