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- The pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine de Pizan has a dreamlike vision where three virtues—Reason, Rectitude, and Justice—appear to correct this view.
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The Book of the City of Ladies, or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, is a book written by Christine de Pizan believed to have been finished by 1405. Perhaps Pizan's most famous literary work, it is her second work of lengthy prose.
- Joan M. Ferrante, Christine de Pizan, Jeffrey Richards
- 1983
Sep 17, 2021 · Christine claims to have had a vision from three ladies, “crowned and of majestic appearance.”They are Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, who have come to help her build a city in which women can live in safety and security.
The city serves as a testament to the power and unity of women and of their own high standards and unshakeable virtue. A short summary of Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Book of the City of Ladies.
- Joan M. Ferrante, Christine de Pizan, Jeffrey Richards
- 1983
Dec 10, 2023 · The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan is an allegorical dream vision written in French vernacular prose – as well as being the West’s first feminist text.
Although Christine argues that these seemingly fictionalized presences were based on actual, real women, it is her dual status as both authorial presence and literary character that allows the real and the fantastic to seamlessly fuse and to form a unified and convincing argument.
Mar 20, 2022 · The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan is an allegory advocating for women's equality. Three mystical beings - Lady Reason, Lady Rectitude, and Lady Justice - visit the author to help her build a metaphorical city in which women's value will be recognized and appreciated.
May 30, 2006 · The pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine de Pizan has a dreamlike vision where three...
