Christine de Pizan's Letter of Othea to Hector
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Christine de Pizan
Classical Myths
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French Woman Poet
Human Character
Interpretative Essay
Moral Glosses
Mythological Figure
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- ISBN 9780859914406
- Weight: 244g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jul 1997
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Christine de Pizan (1364-?1430) was the first French woman poet to make her living by the pen, and the first female interpreter of classical myths; she held enormous power in the French court and influenced late medieval culture in France and in England in a number of ways. The Letter of Othea to Hector, her most popular work, is a series of a hundred verse texts about a mythological figure or moment, with prose moral glosses explaining how to readthe myth in order to improve human character. It is translated here with introduction, notes, and interpretative essay.
