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9780773451582

The Reception of Christine de Pizan's "Fais d'Armes" in Fifteenth-Century England: Chivalric Self-fashioning

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  • ISBN13:

    9780773451582

  • ISBN10:

    0773451587

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-04-30
  • Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
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Summary

This study explores the response to Christine de Pizan's (1364-1430) works in late medieval England. The author focuses on "Le Livre des Fais d'Armes et de Chevalerie", examining the historical and literary circumstances behind the translation and dissemination of the work and its English readership and reception.

Author Biography

Dominique Hoche is Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Linguistics at the Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Provenance of the Works of Christine de Pizan in Fifteenth-Century Englandp. 7
"Here is a coysy werd": The Woodville Literary Circlep. 33
Grete Bokes and Armchair Knights: Christine de Pizan and Sir John Paston Defining Chivalryp. 65
"De traittier de si faitte matiere": Christine de Pizan's Interpretation of the Aristo-Military Mystique in Fais d'Armesp. 97
Christine de Pizan, Early Modern Thought and Shakespeare's Henry Vp. 119
"It seemed to me I said to him": Christine de Pizan in Dialogue with Honore Bouvetp. 157
Appendicesp. 187
Works Citedp. 199
Indexp. 217
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