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The Romance of the Rose: Third Edition Paperback - 1995
by de Lorris, Guillaume; De Meun, Jean
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- Title The Romance of the Rose: Third Edition
- Author de Lorris, Guillaume; De Meun, Jean
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: third
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 520
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1995
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0691044562I5N00
- ISBN 9780691044569 / 0691044562
- Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 8.54 x 5.56 x 1.2 in (21.69 x 14.12 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects Courtly love - Poetry, Romances - Translations into English
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95011748
- Dewey Decimal Code 841.1
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From the rear cover
Many English-speaking readers of the Roman de la rose, the famous dream allegory of the thirteenth century, have come to rely on Charles Dahlberg's elegant and precise translation of the Old French text. His line-by-line rendering in contemporary English is available again, this time in a third edition with an updated critical apparatus. Readers at all levels can continue to deepen their understanding of this rich tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of Reason and the obstacles set by Jealousy and Resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. The original introduction by Dahlberg remains an excellent overview of the work, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. His new preface reviews selected scholarship through 1990 and beyond, which examines, for example, the sources and influences, the two authors, the nature of the allegorical narrative as a genre, the use of first person, and the poem's early reception. The new bibliographic material incorporates that of the earlier editions. The sixty-four miniature illustrations from thirteenth- and fifteenth-century manuscripts are retained, as are the notes keyed to the Langlois edition, on which the translation is based.