| FA-53189-07 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Theresa M. Coletti | Geoffrey Chaucer and Christine de Pizan: A Comparative Investigation | 9/1/2007 - 5/31/2008 | $40,000.00 | Theresa | M. | Coletti | | | | University of Maryland, College Park | College Park | MD | 20742-5141 | USA | 2006 | Medieval Studies | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
This book project examines literary and cultural relationships connecting Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400), the so-called father of English poetry, and Christine de Pizan (1364-c.1430), medieval Europe’s first professional woman writer. The careers of these writers crisscross each other with dizzying complexity, largely because of their deep engagement with the cultural materials of a shared literary system. This book investigates how Chaucer and Christine de Pizan responded to—and made their marks upon—that system, exercising different formal and ideological options to shape their self-conceptions as authors and to frame broader meditations on literary endeavor and tradition. |