Epistre au dieu d’Amours
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Epistre au dieu d’Amours is a late 14th-century French allegorical poem by Christine de Pizan in which the god of Love addresses and defends women against misogynistic literary traditions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical poem
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ medieval French poem ⓘ |
| addresses | misogynistic representations of women in literature ⓘ |
| approximateYearOfComposition | 1399 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christine de Pizan’s proto-feminism
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early feminist thought ⓘ |
| author | Christine de Pizan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
authors who malign women
ⓘ
misogynistic texts ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | late 14th century ⓘ |
| defendedBy | god of Love ⓘ |
| defends | women ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
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didactic literature ⓘ epistle poem ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | god of Love as speaker ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
authority of literary tradition
ⓘ
moral conduct in love ⓘ women’s reputation ⓘ |
| influenced | later defenses of women in French literature ⓘ |
| language | Middle French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | medieval literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the earliest French works to systematically defend women against literary misogyny ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French courtly love poetry ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | god of Love ⓘ |
| mode | didactic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person address by the god of Love ⓘ |
| opposes | misogynistic stereotypes ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | La Cité des Dames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | allegorical court of the god of Love ⓘ |
| theme |
courtly love tradition
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critique of misogyny ⓘ defense of women ⓘ ethics of love ⓘ misogynistic literary traditions ⓘ responsibility of authors ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Christine de Pizan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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