Debate of the Romance of the rose / edited and translated by David F. Hult.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pizan, Christine de, Author.

Contributor:

Hult, David F., 1952-

Series:

Other voice in early modern Europe.

Other voice in early modern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose.

Guillaume.

Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431--Correspondence.

Christine.

Jean, de Montreuil, 1354-1418--Correspondence.

Jean.

Romances--History and criticism.

Romances.

Feminism and literature--France.

Feminism and literature.

Courtly love in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1401, Christine de Pizan (1365-1430?), one of the most renowned and prolific woman writers of the Middle Ages, wrote a letter to the provost of Lille criticizing the highly popular and widely read Romance of the Rose for its blatant and unwarranted misogynistic depictions of women. The debate that ensued, over not only the merits of the treatise but also of the place of women in society, started Europe on the long path to gender parity. Pizan's criticism sparked a continent-wide discussion of issues that is still alive today in disputes about art and morality, especially the civic responsibility of a writer or artist for the works he or she produces. In Debate of the "Romance of the Rose," David Hult collects, along with the debate documents themselves, letters, sermons, and excerpts from other works of Pizan, including one from City of Ladies-her major defense of women and their rights-that give context to this debate. Here, Pizan's supporters and detractors are heard alongside her own formidable, protofeminist voice. The resulting volume affords a rare look at the way people read and thought about literature in the period immediately preceding the era of print.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Series Editors' Introduction

Volume Editor's Introduction

Volume Editor's Bibliography

I. Christine and the Rose before the Debate

II. The Debate: First Phase

III. The Debate: Second Phase

IV. Aftermath

V. Christine's Later Mentions of the Romance of the Rose

Series Editors' Bibliography

Index of People and Places

Index of Allegorical Personifications and Mythological and Fictional Characters

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431. Correspondence. Selections.

Jean, de Montreuil, 1354-1418. Correspondence. Selections.

ISBN:

9786612538162

9781282538160

1282538160

9780226670140

0226670147

OCLC:

615627939