The Romance of the Rose : : Third Edition / / Jean de Meun, Guillaume de Lorris.

• VerfasserIn: de Lorris, Guillaume,; de Meun, Jean,
• MitwirkendeR: Dahlberg, Charles,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (520 p.) :; 64 illustrations

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, which examines, for example, the sources and influences of the work, 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE 1983 EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE 1995 EDITION -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I. (1-4058, by Guillaume de Lorris): The Dream of Love 29 -- 1 THE GARDEN, THE FOUNTAIN, AND THE ROSE -- 2 THE GOD OF LOVE AND THE AFFAIR OF THE HEART -- 3 THE INVOLVEMENT OF REASON AND THE CASTLE OF JEALOUSY -- Part II. (4059-21780, by Jean de Meun): The Overthrow of Reason 89 -- 4 DISCOURSE OF REASON -- 5 THE ADVICE OF FRIEND -- 6 THE ASSAULT ON THE CASTLE. FALSE SEEMING'S CONTRIBUTION -- 7 THE OLD WOMAN'S INTERCESSION -- 8 ATTACK AND REPULSE -- 9 NATURE'S CONFESSION -- 10 GENIUS'S SOLUTION -- 11 VENUS'S CONFLAGRATION AND THE WINNING OF THE ROSE -- Notes to the Text -- Appendix: Table of Concordances Between Line-Numbering in Langlois and Lecoy Editions 427 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Illustrations