{"product_id":"the-god-of-loves-letter-christine-de-pizan-9781649590060","title":"The God of Love's Letter and the Tale of the Rose: A Bilingual Edition. with Jean Gerson, \"A Poem on Man and Woman,\" Translated from the Latin by Thom","description":"Christine de Pizan was born in Italy and moved to the French court of Charles V when she was four years old. She led a life of learning, stimulated by her reading and by her drive to engage with the cultural and political issues of her day. As a young widow she sought to support her family through writing, and she broke new ground by pursuing a life as an author and self-publisher, producing an astonishingly large and varied body of work. Her books, owned and read by some of the most important figures of her day, addressed politics, philosophy, government, ethics, the conduct of war, autobiography and biography, and religious subjects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe God of Love's Letter\u003c\/i\u003e (1399), Christine de Pizan's first defense of women, is arguably her most succinct statement about gender. It also rebukes the thirteenth-century \u003ci\u003eRomance of the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e and anticipates Christine's \u003ci\u003eCity of Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e (1402) responds to the growth in chivalric orders for the defense of women by arguing that women, not men, should choose members of the \"Order of the Rose.\" Both poems are freshly edited here from their earliest manuscripts and each is newly translated into English. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine de Pizan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1649590067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649590060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Iter Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Christine de Pizan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986576179455,"sku":"9781649590060","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59353b3f-087e-4c31-acb6-e4eac894b2ea.jpg?v=1683284168","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-god-of-loves-letter-christine-de-pizan-9781649590060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}