The Romance of the Rose (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199540679)

This is a new translation of The Romance of the Rose, an allegorical account of the progress of a courtly love affair which became the most popular and influential of all medieval romances. In the hands of Jean de Meun, who continued de Lorris's work, it assumed vast proportions and embraced almost every aspect of medieval life from predestination and optics, to the Franciscan controversy and the right way to deal with premature hair-loss.

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Author: Guillaume de Lorris, Jean De Meun, Frances Horgan
ISBN-10: 0199540675
ISBN-13: 9780199540679
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2009
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.10w x 0.69d