Tell your friends about this item:
The Book of Gladness / Le Livre de Leesce: A 14th Century Defense of Women, in English and French, by Jehan Le Fevre
The Book of Gladness / Le Livre de Leesce: A 14th Century Defense of Women, in English and French, by Jehan Le Fevre
Jehan Le Fevre
"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 Fevre's Lamentations"--
154 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 24, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780786474271 |
| Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Pages | 168 |
| Dimensions | 257 × 179 × 17 mm · 314 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Burke, Linda |