TY - BOOK ID - 66998268 TI - Debate of the Romance of the rose AU - Hult, David F AU - Christine AU - Jean PY - 2010 SN - 9780226670126 9780226670133 0226670120 0226670139 0226670147 9786612538162 1282538160 9780226670140 9781282538160 6612538163 PB - Chicago University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Romances KW - Feminism and literature KW - Courtly love in literature KW - History and criticism KW - Courtly love in literature. KW - Chivalric romances KW - Chivalry KW - Courtly romances KW - French romances KW - Medieval romances KW - Romances, French KW - Romans courtois KW - French literature KW - Literature, Medieval KW - History and criticism. KW - Guillaume, KW - Christine, KW - Jean, KW - Christine de Pisan KW - Christine de Pizan KW - De Pizan, Christine KW - de Pisan, Christine KW - De Pisan, Christine, KW - De Pizan, Christine, KW - Pisan, Christine de, KW - Pisan du Castel, Christine de, KW - Pizan, Christine de, KW - Pizán, Cristina de, KW - Pizan, Kristina de, KW - Charlin, Jean, KW - De Monsterolio, Johannes, KW - De Montreuil, Jean, KW - Johannes, KW - Monsterolio, Johannes de, KW - Montreuil, Jean de, KW - Charlin, Jehan, KW - Jehan, KW - Johannès, Jehan Charlin, KW - Johannès, Jean, KW - Monstereul, Jehan de, KW - Monstereul, I. de, KW - Romances - History and criticism KW - Feminism and literature - France KW - romance of the rose, gender, women, misogyny, social norms, equality, education, femininity, christine de pizan, art, morality, city ladies, womens rights, feminism, feminist theory, literature, society, letters, sermons, protofeminism, jean montreuil, guillaume lorris, courtly love, medieval, lovers, religion, female authors. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:66998268 AB - In 1401, Christine de Pizan (1365-1430?), one of the most renowned and prolific woman writers of the Middle Ages, wrote a letter to the provost of Lille criticizing the highly popular and widely read Romance of the Rose for its blatant and unwarranted misogynistic depictions of women. The debate that ensued, over not only the merits of the treatise but also of the place of women in society, started Europe on the long path to gender parity. Pizan's criticism sparked a continent-wide discussion of issues that is still alive today in disputes about art and morality, especially the civic responsibility of a writer or artist for the works he or she produces. In Debate of the "Romance of the Rose," David Hult collects, along with the debate documents themselves, letters, sermons, and excerpts from other works of Pizan, including one from City of Ladies-her major defense of women and their rights-that give context to this debate. Here, Pizan's supporters and detractors are heard alongside her own formidable, protofeminist voice. The resulting volume affords a rare look at the way people read and thought about literature in the period immediately preceding the era of print. ER -