Two Leaves from the Roman de la Rose, 14th century, Which Defined Love and Literature in the Western World

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1350. This work takes its place on the lineage of great early works, along with the Arthurian tales These are exceptionally early witnesses to this most important literary text, the most popular secular work of the entire Middle Ages Appearances of this seminal text are uncommon, only a handful having reached the market in decades Linguistic variations suggest a non-Parisian scribe; evidence of re-use in the 17th century from manuscript markings[video width=""1920"" height=""1080"" mp4=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204130246/Roman-de-la-Rose.mp4""][/video] The influence of the Old French allegorical poem, the Roman de la Rose, ripples through the Middle Ages into the Renaissance even into Modernity, attracting the attention, and inspiring the works, of Chaucer, Dante, and C. S. Lewis. Lewis even stated that in cultural importance it ranks second to none except the Bible and the Consolation of Philosophy (Allegory of Love, 1936, p. 157).The Roman de la Rose, according to Lewis, was an important step in the development of Western literature and thought. He wrote, in the above work, “We have seen how… in the hands of a great poet, the Arthurian story, treated in terms of courtly love, produced the first notable examples of psychological or sentimental’ fiction… The radical defect in Chrétien’s poetry is that these two kinds of interest lie side by side in it without being really fused. The emotions of Lancelot and Guinevere are not really illustrated,

• Year: 1350
• Binding: hardcover

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