This Norton Critical Edition presentsselections from eighteen of Christine's major works in fresh,contemporary translations. Each text is fully annotated and isaccompanied by an introduction placing it in the context of Christine'soeuvre and tracing the literary developments and the historicalsituation of the period. The Book of Fortune's Transformation and TheBook of the City of Ladies include manuscript illuminations. "Criticism" collects seven important interpretations of the literary andhistorical aspects of Christine's work, by Jacqueline Cerquiglini,Beatrice Gottlieb, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Sheila Delany, PatriciaA. Phillippy, Joel Blanchard, and Kevin Brownlee. A Selected Bibliography is included.