Abstract
The article explores the relationship between Christine de Pizan's and Boccaccio's catalogues of good women in order to demonstrate that Christine exploits the source text to establish her authority as a female author.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 167-194 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Romanic Review |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1986 |
Keywords
- GIovanni Boccaccio
- Christine de Pizan
- Medieval women
- Le Livre de la cite des dames
- De claris mulieribus