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25 de oct. de 2019 · It is the MS. “H,” readings from which are given here in the notes, and the collotype frontispiece, which depicts the goddess Othea personally handing her letter to Hector, is reproduced from the second of its numerous miniatures, one of which precedes each of the hundred “ textes.”
28 de oct. de 2019 · At the turn of the century --the fifteenth century, of course-- Christine de Pizan, then 37 or 38 years old, wrote this "Letter from the goddess of Prudence, Othéa, to Hector of Troy", in which he experimented not just with political language, but also with manuscript multimedia production.
Othea’s Letter to Hector, one of Christine de Pizan’s most popular works, is at the same time one of her most complex creations.Combining a somewhat Sibylline verse text based on a mythological figure with extensive citation of pagan sapiential authorities, the Bible, and the Church Fathers, it showcases Christine’s extraordinary learning and her innovative approach to didacticism.
Othea’s Letter to Hector, one of Christine de Pizan’s most popular works, is at the same time one of her most complex creations. Combining a somewhat Sibylline verse text based on a mythological figure with extensive citation of pagan sapiential authorities, the Bible, and the Church Fathers, it showcases Christine’s extraordinary learning and her innovative approach to didacticism.
The Letter of Othea to Hector, her most popular work, is a series of a hundred verse texts about a mythological figure or moment, with prose moral glosses explaining how to read the myth in order to improve human character. It is translated here with introduction, notes, and interpretative essay.
The Letter of Othea to Hector {Epistre d'Othéa a Hector) was composed between 1399-1401 by an Italian-born Parisian named Christine de Pizan. She had previously written a poem in the courdy style entitled Letter of the God of Love {Epistre au Dieu d'Amours) in 1399, but the Othea marked a stylistic and
Othea's Letter to Hector. Christine de Pizan. Ed. and trans. Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski and Earl Jeffrey Richards. The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series 57; Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 521. Toronto: Iter Press; Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2017. 182 pp. $34.95
