The Roman de la Rose in its philosophical context : art, nature, and ethics / Jonathan Morton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.

Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose.

Guillaume.

Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305.

Jean.

Philosophy, Medieval, in literature.

Roman de la rose (Guillaume, de Lorris).

Roman de la Rose (Jean, de Meun).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

'The Roman de la Rose in its Philosophical Context' offers a new interpretation of the long and complex medieval allegorical poem written by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun in the thirteenth century, a work that became one of the most influential works of vernacular literature in the European Middle Ages. The scope and sophistication of the poem's content, especially in Jean's continuation, has long been acknowledged, but this is the first book-length study to offer an in-depth analysis of how the Rose draws on, and engages with, medieval philosophy, in particular with the Aristotelianism that dominated universities in the thirteenth century.

Contents:

1. Inconsistent Philosophy: Authority, Meaning, and the Poetics of the Indefinite

2. Art itself is Nature: Art, Nature, and Ethics in the Roman de la rose

3. Rational Animals, Bestial Hypocrites: Poetry's Compromised Pedagogy

4. Golden Age: Primitive Fantasies of Artificial Nature

5. Usury, Avarice, and Infinite Desire

6. Making and Worshipping Idols: Desire, Imagination, and the End of the Rose.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-254861-1

0-19-185831-5

0-19-254860-3