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

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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 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.
Subjects:
Christine, > de Pisan, > approximately 1364-approximately 1431. > Livre de la cite des dames.
Livre de la cite des dames (Christine, de Pisan)
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Feminism and literature.
Authorship > Sex differences.
Authority in literature.
Allegory.
Allegorie.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Autorite dans la litterature.
Authorship > Sex differences > History > To 1500.
Women and literature > France > History > To 1500.
Feminism and literature > France > History > To 1500.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
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

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