The Love Debate Poems of Christine de Pizan. Le Livre du Debat de deux amans, Le Livre des Trois jugemens, Le Livre du Dit de Poissy.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Buchr�cken leicht besto�n, sonst guter Zustand / spine slightly scuffed, otherwise good condition. - Contents Acknowledgments Introduction I. Text and Context: Background to the Poems The Author The Poems Synopses Christine's Debate Poems and Their Place in the Literary Tradition The Late Medieval Debate Poem in Relation to Established Forms Generic Transformations: Christine's Challenges to the Form of the Debate II. Theme and Variations: Interplay of Form and Content Sociohistorical Contextualization of the Debate: The Case of the Dit de Poissy Transtextual Readings: A Debate among Debates The Self-Destructing Love Debate: Women's Voices as Agents of Dissent Orality, Reading, and Writing in the Debate Poems III. Philology and Codicology Manuscripts Previous Editions and Base Text Language Versification Miniatures Establishment of the Text IV. Notes to the Introduction Texts Le Livre du Debat de deux amans Introduction Text Variants Notes Le Livre des Trois jugemens Introduction Text Variants Notes Le Livre du Dit de Poissy Introduction Text Variants Notes Glossary Bibliography of Works Cited Illustrations follow page 54. ISBN 9780813015781