Barbara K. Altmann / Deborah L. McGrady (eds.)

Christine de Pizan

A Casebook
Herausgeber: Altmann, Barbara K; McGrady, Deborah L

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Christine de Pizan wrote voluminously, commenting on various aspects of the late-medieval society in which she lived. Considered by many to be the first French woman of letters, Christine and her writing have been difficult to place ever since she began putting her thoughts on the page. Although her work was neglected in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, there has been a eruption of Christine studies in recent decades, making her the perfect subject for a casebook. This volume serves as a useful guide to contemporary research exploring Christine's life and work as they reflected and influenced her socio-political milieu.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780415939096
• ISBN-10: 0415939097
• Artikelnr.: 21296940

Autorenporträt

Barbara K. Altmann, Deborah L. McGrady

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Christine in Context Christine de Pizan and the Political Life
in Late Medieval France, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski Christine de Pizan as
Translator and Voice of the Body Politic, Lori Walters Somewhere between
Destructive Glosses and Chaos: Christine de Pizan and Medieval Theology,
Earl Jeffrey Richards Christine de Pizan: Memory's Architect, Margarete
Zimmermann Building a Female Community Christine de Pizan as a Defender of
Women, Rosalind Brown-Grant Christine's Treasure: Women's Honor and
Household Economies in the Livre des trois vertus, Roberta Krueger Who's a
Heroine? The Example of Christine de Pizan, Thelma Fenster Le Livre de la
cité des dames: Reconfiguring Knowledge and Reimagining Gendered Space,
Judith Kellogg Christine's Writings Love as Metaphor in Christine de
Pizan's Ballade Cycles, Tracy Adams The Querelle de la Rose and the Ethics
of Reading, Marilyn Desmond The Lessons of Experience and the Chemin de
long estude, Andrea Tarnowski The Livre de l'Advision Cristine, Liliane
Dulac and Christine Reno Nous deffens de feu, . . . de pestilence, de
guerres: Christine de Pizan's Religious Works, Maureen Boulton Christine's
Books Christine and the Manuscript Tradition, James Laidlaw Modern
Editions: Makers of the Christinian Corpus, Nadia Margolis Contributors
Bibliography