{"product_id":"internal-difference-and-meanings-in-douglas-kelly-9780299147846","title":"Internal Difference and Meanings","description":"The \u003ci\u003eRoman de la rose\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most important, complex poems of medieval France, has given rise to highly divergent readings since Jean de Meun completed it in the thirteenth century. In \u003ci\u003eInternal Difference and Meanings in the Roman de la rose\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the foremost authorities on medieval French literature brings his considerable erudition to bear on this classic of medieval romance, illuminating its artistry and controversial morality \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas Kelly interprets the \u003ci\u003eRoman de la rose\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of known medieval reading strategies (\u003ci\u003emodus tractandi\u003c\/i\u003e) elaborated by Jean de Meun himself in the course of the poem. Kelly probes the modes used by Jean, examining the text from their different perspectives and drawing out the multiple readings and allegories present in the poem. He argues that Jean confronts readers with these multiple readings to force them to recognize and ponder the moral implications of the text, and thus to discover their own moral selves by identification, qualification, or distancing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKelly contrasts the \u003ci\u003eRose\u003c\/i\u003e with other works, including models of romance from such forerunners as Ovid and Boethius and writings of medieval critics of the \u003ci\u003eRose\u003c\/i\u003e. He looks particularly at the comments of Christine de Pizan, the most outspoken of these critics. Examining both the well-known \"Quarrel of the Rose\" she started and her writings about the poem, he reveals the complexity and ambivalence of her reception of the \u003ci\u003eRoman de la rose\u003c\/i\u003e. The confrontation of Jean de Meun and Christine de Pizan, Kelly shows, can be placed in the larger French tradition of moral writing: the \u003ci\u003emoraliste\u003c\/i\u003e who holds a mirror to human conduct versus the \u003ci\u003emoralisateur\u003c\/i\u003e who prescribes ideals of conduct.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299147843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299147846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.97w x 0.60d","brand":"Douglas Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057807126783,"sku":"9780299147846","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c67efa7b-4efe-4a77-891b-eafe70a6968d.jpg?v=1685048978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/internal-difference-and-meanings-in-douglas-kelly-9780299147846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}