The book of gladness / le livre de Leesce : a 14th century defense of women, in English and French / by Jehan Le Fèvre ; translated, annotated and with an introduction by Linda Burke
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; A Note on the French Text and Translation; Le Livre de Leesce (French text); The Book of Gladness; Appendix A. Unique Interpolation on Christine de Pizan in a Manuscript of Jehan Le Fèvre's Lamentations and Livre de Leesce (Prague, National Library of the Czech Republic, XXIII D 74); Annotated Bibliography; Index of People, Places and Writings
Summary
"This work was never translated into English; the only edition of the original French is over 100 years old. The is translation is lively and accessible, yet grounded in scholarship. Included is the first-ever English translation and discussion of a scribal interpolation on Christine de Pizan in a manuscript of Jehan Le Fèvre's Lamentations"-- Provided by publisher
