Christine de Pizan (1364-1429?), France's first woman of letters,
is widely known for her Book of the City of Ladies (Persea, 1982),
a classic work of revisionist history that seeks to show that women
are the moral and intellectual equals of men. In recent years,
Christine has taken her place within the canon of Western
literature alongside Boccaccio and Dante, and yet very little of
this writer's considerable oeuvre has been translated into English.
The Writings of Christine de Pizan remedies this situation. In this
volume, major scholars and acclaimed translators unite in a single
endeavor: to make the full range of this important writer's work
and thought widely known. Edited by Charity Cannon Willard,
foremost authority on Christine de Pizan, The Writings presents
lengthy excerpts from nearly all of Christine's works in accurate
and gracious translations. Introductory essays by Dr. Willard mark
the major divisions of the book and set the writings in an
historical, biographical, and literary context. References are
annotated, and the sources of the translations are cited. The
volume also includes biographical notes on the translators,
extensive bibliography, and an index. Many years in the making, The
Writings of Christine de Pizan has been long-awaited by both the
general reader and the specialist. Among the writings are passages
from Christine's autobiography; lyric and allegorical poetry;
excerpts from her official biography of King Charles V the Wise;
her writings on women, warfare, politics, love, and the human
condition; writings from her part in the famous Quarrel of the
Rose; and Christine's triumphant poem on Joan of Arc, the only
contemporaneous account in existence. Thetranslators are Barbara K.
Altmann, Diane Bornstein, Regina deCormier, Dwight Durling, Thelma
S. Fenster, Eric Hicks, Nadia Margolis, June Hall McCash, Glenda
McLeod, Christine Reno, Earl Jeffrey Richards, Kittye Delle
Robbins-Herring, Sandra Sider, James J. Wilhelm, Charity Cannon
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