The Allegory of Female Authority by Maureen Quilligan PAPERBACK 9780801497889

The Allegory of Female Authority\nby Maureen Quilligan\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Maureen Quilligan\nTitle: The Allegory of Female Authority\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval\nPublisher: MB - Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 1992\nISBN-13: 9780801497889\nISBN-10: 0801497884\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe first professional female writer, Christine de Pizan (1363-1431) was widowed at age twenty-five and supported herself and her family by enlisting powerful patrons for her poetry. Her Livre de la Cit\u00E9 des Dames (1405) is the earliest European work...\n\nThe first professional female writer, Christine de Pizan (1363-1431) was widowed at age twenty-five and supported herself and her family by enlisti.