Cooper-Davis Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80270-149-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 186 Seiten

Reihe: Gender and Power in the Premodern World

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper-Davis, Charlotte

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations Note on Translation List of Images Introduction Chapter 1: Conventions, Collaboration, and Craft: Representing the Author in Christine de Pizan's Author-Manuscripts Chapter 2: Wisdom, Chastity, and War: The Power of Female Didactic Figures Chapter 3: Female Creation and Education in Le Livre de la Mutacion de Fortune Chapter 4: Assessing the Gender of Christine's Audiences Conclusion Christine de Pizan's Illustrated Author-Manuscripts Acknowledgements Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

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).