Dreams of lovers and lies of poets : poetry, knowledge, and desire in the Roman de la rose / Sylvia Huot.

Author/creator Huot, Sylvia
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Legenda, 2010.
Descriptionix, 114 pages ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose.
Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230--Criticism and interpretation.
Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305--Criticism and interpretation.
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Latin literature--Influence.
Love poetry, French--History and criticism.
Courtly love in literature.

SeriesResearch monographs in French studies ; 31
Research monographs in French studies 31. ^A691836
Contents The desire for knowledge and the knowledge of desire : models of poetic composition in the Roman de la Rose -- Desire, knowledge and self-knowledge : Narcissus and the Rose -- Orpheus's songs (I) : the failed ascent and the failure of lineage -- Orpheus's songs (II) : poetry, the unspoken and the unspeakable -- The conquest of the Rose : a Virgilian 'Art of love' -- Conclusion: The lover's dream.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9781906540807 (hbk.)
ISBN1906540802 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PQ1528 .H856 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner General Stacks PQ1528 .H856 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold