The Book Of The City Of Ladies Christine de Pizan Picador 1982

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The Book Of The City Of Ladies by Christine de Pizan

The Book of the City of Ladies is framed as a ‘dream-vision’. In it, the narrator describes how she was sitting in her study reading The Lamentations of Matheolus, a 13th-century tirade against women and marriage. She is saddened by this depiction of women and falls into a trance. In this trance, three personified virtues – Reason, Rectitude and Justice – arrive and tell her that she has been chosen by God to set the record straight about women. They direct her to build a metaphorical city which will house a group of worthy heroines and protect women against attack. Christine constructs the city’s walls and towers as the three virtues teach her about the achievements of scholars, warriors and other great women throughout history, such that the Book itself becomes the fabled city. The text belongs to a genre of literature known as a ‘biographical catalogue’, which celebrates the lives of famous figures from history and mythology.

Features;

  • Publisher Pan Books, London; 1982
  • Paperback, 281 pp
  • Size 200 x 130mm, 500g
  • ISBN 0 330 28173 9

Condition: Very Good – No Inscriptions, Very Good Copy

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Weight 0.5 kg

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