Christine De Pizan

This casebook is an overview of the state of Christine de Pizan studies and a collection of new research in the field. It showcases the major lines of inquiry pursued by leading critics. The book focuses on the historical context of Christine's writing, her intertextual links with other writers of the day, her interest in the status and nature of women, and the production and reception of her works in manuscript.

ISBN 0415939097   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780415939096 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 549 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Published in London Imprint Routledge   Series ISSN 34 Format Hardback   Series title Routledge Medieval Casebooks Publication date 01 Feb 2003   Height (mm) 230 Library of Congress PQ1575.Z5   Width (mm) 150 DEWEY 841.2   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly Pages 304

		Foreword by Charity Cannon Willard
1		Introduction by Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady		1
Pt. I		Christine in Context
2		Christine de Pizan and the Political Life in Late Medieval France by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski		9
3		Christine de Pizan as Translator and Voice of the Body Politic by Lori J. Walters		25
4		Somewhere between Destructive Glosses and Chaos: Christine de Pizan and Medieval Theology by Earl Jeffrey Richards		43
5		Christine de Pizan: Memory's Architect by Margarete Zimmermann		57
Pt. II		Building a Female Community
6		Christine de Pizan as a Defender of Women by Rosalind Brown-Grant		81
7		Christine's Treasure: Women's Honor and Household Economies in the Livre des trois vertus by Roberta L. Krueger		101
8		Who's a Heroine? The Example of Christine de Pizan by Thelma Fenster		115
9		Le Livre de la cite des dames: Reconfiguring Knowledge and Reimagining Gendered Space by Judith L. Kellogg		129
Pt. III		Christine's Writings
10		Love as Metaphor in Christine de Pizan's Ballade Cycles by Tracy Adams		149
11		The Querelle de la Rose and the Ethics of Reading by Marilynn Desmond		167
12		The Lessons of Experience and the Chemin de long estude by Andrea Tarnowski		181
13		The Livre de l'advision Cristine by Liliane Dulac and Christine Reno		199
14		"Nous deffens de feu, ... de pestilence, de guerres": Christine de Pizan's Religious Works by Maureen Boulton		215
Pt. IV		Christine's Books
15		Christine and the Manuscript Tradition by James Laidlaw		231
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"Because de Pizan lived and wrote in turbulent times and because she was the first woman to earn a living from her writing, editors Altman and McGrady wisely saw a need for this worthy casebook, which presents both older and newer research in the field.."-"Library Journal ..."[a] delightful collection of essays. All chapters are highly readable and carefully documented. The bibliography is a valuable research tool. Highly recommended."-"Choice ..."the research is comprehensive and accompanied by a lengthy introduction. Recommended for academic libraries...."-Robert Ivey, University of Memphis "informed, well-developed essays, accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies, which will be useful both for less-experienced students of Christine and for veteran scholars. This is an excellent collection of clear, jargon free studies, offering many perceptive connections among Christine's works."-Heather Arden, University of Cincinnati, Speculum, October 2004

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