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'''Christine de Pisan''' (sometimes spelled Christine de Pizan) was a French poet and writer, best known in English for her ''[[The Book of the City of Ladies]]'', a defense of women's nobility of spirit and need for education. Much of her writing was dedicated to rebutting contemporary misogyny in the literary establishment. | '''Christine de Pisan''' (sometimes spelled Christine de Pizan) was a French poet and writer, best known in English for her ''[[The Book of the City of Ladies]]'', a defense of women's nobility of spirit and need for education. Much of her writing was dedicated to rebutting contemporary misogyny in the literary establishment. | ||
==Bibliography== | |||
* ''[[The Book of the City of Ladies]]'' (ca. 1405) | |||
* ''[[The Treasure of the City of Ladies]]'' (ca. 1405) | |||
* ''Le Livre des trois vertus'' (1405, "Book of Three Virtues") setting out a series of moral guidelines for medieval women; | * ''Le Livre des trois vertus'' (1405, "Book of Three Virtues") setting out a series of moral guidelines for medieval women; | ||
* ''L'Epistre au Dieu d'amours'' (1399, a letter to the god of love) a defense of women against Jean de Meun's satire in ''Roman de la Rose''; | * ''L'Epistre au Dieu d'amours'' (1399, a letter to the god of love) a defense of women against Jean de Meun's satire in ''Roman de la Rose''; | ||
* ''Le | * ''[[Le Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc]]'' (i.e., ''The Tale of Joan of Arc'') (1429) - Perhaps the only literary work about Jeanne d'Arc written during her life. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 7 December 2010
Christine de Pisan (sometimes spelled Christine de Pizan) was a French poet and writer, best known in English for her The Book of the City of Ladies, a defense of women's nobility of spirit and need for education. Much of her writing was dedicated to rebutting contemporary misogyny in the literary establishment.
Bibliography
- The Book of the City of Ladies (ca. 1405)
- The Treasure of the City of Ladies (ca. 1405)
- Le Livre des trois vertus (1405, "Book of Three Virtues") setting out a series of moral guidelines for medieval women;
- L'Epistre au Dieu d'amours (1399, a letter to the god of love) a defense of women against Jean de Meun's satire in Roman de la Rose;
- Le Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc (i.e., The Tale of Joan of Arc) (1429) - Perhaps the only literary work about Jeanne d'Arc written during her life.
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