For the poem by Jean Renart named Romans de la Rose in the manuscript, see Guillaume de Dole.
The Romance of the Rose
by Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meun
Illuminated leaf from a manuscript of the poem, 1390
Original title
Le Roman de la Rose
Written
c. 1230 (part 1) c. 1275 (part 2)
Language
Old French
Genre(s)
Courtly literature
The Romance of the Rose at French Wikisource
Le Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose) is a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision. As poetry, The Romance of the Rose is a notable instance of courtly literature, purporting to provide a "mirror of love" in which the whole art of romantic love is disclosed. Its two authors conceived it as a psychological allegory; throughout the Lover's quest, the word Rose is used both as the name of the titular lady and as an abstract symbol of female sexuality. The names of the other characters function both as personal names and as metonyms illustrating the different factors that lead to and constitute a love affair. Its long-lasting influence is evident in the number of surviving manuscripts of the work, in the many translations and imitations it inspired, and in the praise and controversy it inspired.
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Romaunt of the Rose (The Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, Le RomandelaRose (Le Roman). Originally...
Jean de Meun (or de Meung, French: [ʒɑ̃ də mœ̃]) (c. 1240 – c. 1305) was a French author best known for his continuation of the RomandelaRose. He was...
(13th century) romance by a certain Thibaut. It is influenced by the RomandelaRose in describing the onset of love in terms of allegory and in its frequent...
The RomandelaRose Digital Library (Rose DL) is a joint project of the Sheridan Libraries of the Johns Hopkins University and the Bibliothèque nationale...
Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200 – c. 1240) was a French scholar and poet from Lorris. He was the author of the first section of the RomandelaRose. Little...
expression is still popular. In the thirteenth-century work Le Roman delaRose (called "The French Iliad" in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable)...
favor". The work is reminiscent of a similar tract in the 13th-century RomandelaRose, though owes more to the animal fabliaux of Reynard the Fox. Chaillou's...
French prose. The book serves as her formal response to Jean de Meun's popular RomandelaRose. Pizan combats Meun's statements about women by creating an...
century, the story of their love affair was summarised by Jean de Meun in the Le RomandelaRose. Chaucer makes a brief reference in the Wife of Bath's Prologue...
Guillaume de Dole (also known as (Le) Roman(s) delaRose, or Guillaume de Dole) is an Old French narrative romance by Jean Renart. Composed in the early...
Beguines and nuns. In chapter 53 of Jean de Meun's 13th classic of Old French literature, RomandelaRose, the Beguines are described by the allegorical...
controversy, the "Querelle du RomandelaRose". Christine questioned the literary merits of Jean de Meun's popular Romance of the Rose, which satirizes the conventions...
also found in the RomandelaRose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. In it, a man becomes enamored with an individual rose on a rosebush, attempting...
depiction of love in a selection of poetic works, beginning with the RomandelaRose. The focus, however, is on English works: the poems of Chaucer, Gower's...
tight compositions and sharply defined colouring, is typified by his RomandelaRose, the Nouailher Missal and the Book of Hours, probably painted for Charles...
Their business was famous, and among their most famous works was the RomandelaRose. She was registered as a professional artisan and gave her oath to...
and give them different names, as when he adapts part of the French RomandelaRose (13th century). The English mystery plays and the later morality plays...
great works from this period. The Four Great Medieval Allegories Le RomandelaRose. A major allegorical work, it had many lasting influences on western...
Venus la déesse d'amors" (Venus — the goddess of love) and finally-the encyclopedia of courtly love-the famous "RomandelaRose" of Guillaume de Lorris...
Tales A Treatise on the Astrolabe Translation of RomandelaRose, possibly extant as The Romaunt of the Rose Translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy...
title La Primavera, Cupid is shown blindfolded while shooting his arrow, positioned above the central figure of Venus. Particularly in ancient Roman art...
literature RomandelaRose Chanson d'aventure Debate poetry chanson de geste paladin Charlemagne Charles Martel Saracen Chanson de Roland Garin de Monglane...
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