Roman de la rose : a study in allegory and iconography / John V. Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, John V., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2344

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Guillaume.

Courtly love in literature.

Allegory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton University Press : Princeton, New Jersey, 1969.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the Roman de la Rose had tremendous influence on the poetry of the fourteenth century, particularly on the works of Deschamps, Machaut, Froissart, and Chaucer, Professor Fleming maintains that it is important for the modern reader to understand what this influential moral satire meant to readers of the medieval period. Basing his interpretation in part on iconographic analysis of the illuminations found in more than one hundred manuscript copies of the poem, he advances a "medieval" reading of the poem. Other tools used by Mr. Fleming to get at the meaning of the poem include a study of the mythographic tradition, a logical and rhetorical analysis of the text, and an examination of formal exegetical documents of the late Middle Ages, especially the Old French commentary on the Echecs Amoureux.Originally published in 1969.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

CHAPTER ONE. Text and Glose

CHAPTER TWO. The Hortus Deliciarum

CHAPTER THREE. Love's Preceptors

CHAPTER FOUR. Natural and Unnatural Nature

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliographical footnotes.

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ISBN:

0-691-64857-3

1-4008-7887-X

OCLC:

927442791