Debate of the Romance of the Rose Contributor(s): Pizan, Christine De (Author), Hult, David F. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0226670139 ISBN-13: 9780226670133 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - History | Europe - France |
Dewey: 841.1 |
LCCN: 2009042968 |
Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.99" W x 9.03" (0.95 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - French |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 responsibility of a writer or artist for the works he or she produces.
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