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Christine de Pisan: see Pisan, Christine de Pisan, Christine de (krēstēn` də pēzäN`), 1364–c.1430, French poet, of Italian descent. ..... Click the link for more information. . Christine de Pisanor Christine de Pizan(born 1364, Venice—died c. 1430) French writer. She was the daughter of an astrologer to Charles V and the wife of a court secretary and took up writing to support her children when she was widowed, producing 10 volumes of graceful verse, including ballads, rondeaux, lays, and complaints, many in the courtly-love tradition. Some works, both poetry and prose, champion women, notably The Book of the City of Ladies (1405). She also wrote a life of Charles V and Le Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc (1429), inspired by Joan of Arc's early victories. Christine de Pisan ?1364--?1430, French poet and prose writer, born in Venice. Her works include ballads, rondeaux, lays, and a biography of Charles V of France How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The less known also delight and edify by their distinctive personal voice: Christine de Pisan and Sor Juana de la Cruz, relatively unknown to me; or Pope Leo XIII and Dorothy Sayers in unexpected and mutually enriching guise. For me, this insistence on reaching beyond the parameters of a more narrowly defined women's history is Summit's strongest intellectual asset, one which promises original insights into even such a well-analyzed subject as Christine de Pisan. There follows a discussion of her sympathetic treatment of Semiramis as opposed to those of Boccaccio and Christine de Pisan (Rabelais's could be mentioned as well, cf. |
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