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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.
Guillaume de Dole (also known as (Le) Roman(s) de la Rose, or Guillaume de Dole) is an Old French narrative romance by Jean Renart.Composed in the early 13th century, the poem is 5,656 lines long and is especially notable for the large number of chansons it contains, and for its active female protagonist.
The Romaunt of the Rose (The Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, Le Roman de la Rose (Le Roman). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, the Romaunt inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from Chaucer's other works.
The tale also shows the influence of Boccaccio (Decameron: 7th day, 9th tale [1]), Deschamps' Le Miroir de Mariage, Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris (translated into English by Chaucer), Andreas Capellanus, Statius, and Cato. The tale is found in Persia in the Bahar Danush, in which the husband climbs a date tree instead of a pear tree.
Shortly after the deaths of Abelard and Heloise, Chrétien de Troyes appears influenced by Heloise's letters and Abelard's castration in his depiction of the fisher king in his grail tales. [5] In the fourteenth century, the story of their love affair was summarised by Jean de Meun in the Le Roman de la Rose.
Jeanne Montbason (fl. c. 1325–1353) was a French illustrator and bookseller who managed a book shop in Paris alongside her husband, Richard Montbaston.Her husband published books, while she illustrated them. [1]
Portrait of Guillaume de Lorris from a manuscript of the Roman de la Rose in the Bodleian Library (Douce 195, folio 1r). 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 Roman de la Rose. [1]
Origines et sources du Roman de la Rose (1890) Le jeu de Robin et Marion (1896) Anciens proverbes français (1899) Recueil d’arts de seconde rhétorique (Paris, 1902) Table des noms propres de toute nature compris dans les chansons de geste imprimées (1904) Les manuscrits du Roman de la Rose, description et classement (1910)