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The Allegory of Female Authority: Christine de Pizan's "Cite des Dames" Maureen Quilligan
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The Allegory of Female Authority: Christine de Pizan's "Cite des Dames"
Maureen Quilligan
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 Cité des Dames (1405) is the earliest European work...
312 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 26, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780801425523 |
| Publishers | Cornell University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 27 mm · 625 g |