Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 17580
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Margolis , Nadia.
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  • Title: Elegant Closures: The Use of the Diminutive in Christine de Pizan and Jean de Meun [Christine wasn’t overcome by any anxiety of influence in regard to her poetic predecessor Jean de Meun; instead, she was independent in her use of rhetoric. Her use of diminutives, in particular, is a powerful tool for expressing her feminist concerns. While male authors tend to use the diminutive form of words in order to condescend, Christine uses these word forms in more subtle and varied ways. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Reinterpreting Christine de Pizan.  Edited by Earl Jeffrey Richards, Joan Williamson, Nadia Margolis, and Christine Reno.  University of Georgia Press, 1992.  Pages 111 - 123.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Christine de Pizan, Poet Diminutives French Language Jean de Meun, Poet- Roman de la Rose Literature- Verse Rhetoric Women Authors
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 13, 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0820313076