Books by Christine De Pizan and Complete Book Reviews

Christine De Pizan, Author, Charity Cannon Willard, Translator, Madeline Pelner Cosman, Editor Bard Hall Press $11.95 (266p) ISBN 978-0-89255-135-4
The extraordinary Book of the City of Ladies (Persea 1982) by the 15th-century French widow and professional writer is a didactic exchange between de Pizan and the virtues Reason, Rectitude and Justice, who urge her to construct a utopia for worthy...
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Christine De Pizan, Author, Christine, Author, Nadia Margolis, Translator Persea Books $24.95 (162p) ISBN 978-0-89255-163-7
Whatever the theoretical reverence for women in the lore of courtly love, the reality was quite different. For the married lady, courtly love amounted to adultery; for the unmarried, shame, as marriage was never the goal of her suitor. Pizan ( The...
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