| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The other voice in early modern Europe |
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Volume Editor's Introduction; Volume Editor's Bibliography; I. Christine and the Rose before the Debate; II. The Debate: First Phase; III. The Debate: Second Phase; IV. Aftermath; V. Christine's Later Mentions of the Romance of the Rose; Series Editors' Bibliography; Index of People and Places; Index of Allegorical Personifications and Mythological and Fictional Characters |
| Summary |
In 1401, Christine de Pizan (1365-1430?), one of the most renowned and prolific woman writers of the Middle Ages, wrote a letter to the provost of Lille criticizing the highly popular and widely read Romance of the Rose for its blatant and unwarranted misogynistic depictions of women. The debate that ensued, over not only the merits of the treatise but also of the place of women in society, started Europe on the long path to gender parity. Pizan's criticism sparked a continent-wide discussion of issues that is still alive today in disputes about art and morality, especially the civic responsib |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
In English; translated from documents in Old French or Latin |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose.
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Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431 -- Correspondence
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Jean, de Montreuil, 1354-1418 -- Correspondence
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Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431 fast |
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Jean, de Montreuil, 1354-1418 fast |
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Roman de la rose (Guillaume, de Lorris) fast |
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Romances -- History and criticism
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Feminism and literature -- France
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Courtly love in literature.
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POETRY -- Continental European.
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Courtly love in literature
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Feminism and literature
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Romances
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Roman de la rose (Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meun)
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Vrouwen.
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Bellettrie.
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hult, David F., 1952-
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Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431.
Correspondence. Selections
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Jean, de Montreuil, 1354-1418.
Correspondence. Selections
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| LC no. |
2009042968 |
| ISBN |
9780226670140 |
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0226670147 |
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1282538160 |
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9781282538160 |
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9786612538162 |
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6612538163 |
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