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Record Number:
3270
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Krueger , Roberta.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Christine's Anxious Lessons: Gender, Morality, and the Social Order from the "Enseignemens" to the "Avision" [The author maintains that Christine's didactic works from 1399 to 1405 argue for the importance of female virtue].
Source:
Christine de Pizan and the Categories of Difference. Edited by Marilynn Desmond. University of Minnesota Press, 1998. Pages 16 - 40.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Christine de Pizan, Poet
Education
Gender in Literature
Handbooks
Morality
Politics
Teaching
Women in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
15
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For Krueger, the problem lay in Christine's gender -- would anyone ever take her words seriously? She supports her argument with several telling examples of the difficulties posed by Christine's gender to her instruction of others, and even to her self-fo
Author's Affiliation:
Hamilton College
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1998.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0816630801