The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan

This Norton Critical Edition presents selections from eighteen of Christine s major works in fresh, contemporary translations. Each text is fully annotated and is accompanied by an introduction placing it in the context of Christine s oeuvre and tracing the literary developments and the historical situation of the period. The Book of Fortune s Transformation and The Book of the City of Ladies include manuscript illuminations. Criticism collects seven important interpretations of the literary and historical aspects of Christine s work, by Jacqueline Cerquiglini, Beatrice Gottlieb, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Sheila Delany, Patricia A. Phillippy, Joel Blanchard, and Kevin Brownlee. A Selected Bibliography is included.