How would you describe the genre of the Book? How does it differ in genre from what we’ve been reading so far?
The Book makes use of several rhetorical devices you’d expect from a persuasive argument. How many can you find? How effectively are they used by Christine?
In what specific ways does Christine adapt her classical source material for a Christian audience? (see esp. pp. 791, 799, 801)
Several of Christine’s heroines are warriors and/or tacticians (Semiramis, the various Amazon queens, Dido). How do their military ethics compare to those of other warriors we’ve read of (Achilles, Beowulf, etc.)?
Reason advises Christine to read misogynistic texts “to [her] advantage, no matter what the author’s original intention was.” Is this a valid reading strategy? When is it ok to disregard an author’s to suit our own argument?