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.