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- Title
Christine de Pizan as Utopian Artisan: The Book of the City of Ladies.
- Authors
Stuart, Judith Anderson
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "Book of the City of Ladies," by Christine De Pizan is presented. The book debates about the value of women and their textual vilification by men of purported literary authority. It states that Pizan's utopian city has simultaneously spiritual and physical dimensions. The article also mentions the book's allegorical characters including reason, rectitude, and justice.
- Subjects
CRITICISM; BOOK of the City of Ladies, The (Book); CHRISTINE, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431; UTOPIAS in literature; REASON; JUSTICE; ALLEGORY
- Publication
Topic: the Washington & Jefferson College Review, 2010, Vol 56, p13
- ISSN
0049-4127
- Publication type
Literary Criticism