Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image

Charlotte Cooper-Davis

Published by ARC Humanities Press 2023

Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image

Charlotte Cooper-Davis

In the series Gender and Power in the Premodern World

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781802701494

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About this book

The first study to focus on text and image in Christine de Pizan’s works, this book offers a re-assessment of Christine’s attitude towards gender, and of the make-up of her audiences.

Author / Editor information

Cooper-Davis Charlotte :

Charlotte Cooper-Davis is a specialist on Christine de Pizan and medieval French literature. She completed her doctoral studies on text/image relations in Christine’s works at the University of Oxford where she has since held several lectureships. She is the author of the biography Christine de Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy (2021).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Note on Translation Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Conventions, Collaboration, and Craft: Representing the Author in Christine de Pizan’s Author- Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 2. Wisdom, Chastity, and War: The Power of Female Didactic Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 3. Female Creation and Education in Le Livre de la mutacion de Fortune Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 4. Assessing the Gender of Christine’s Audiences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Christine de Pizan’s Illustrated Author- Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157

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Language: English
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 174
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
- Coloured Illustrations: 4
Keywords: Christine de Pizan; medieval France; gender; power

eBook

Published: October 31, 2023
ISBN: 9781802701494