Roman de la Rose

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French poem allegorical poem medieval poem

Roman de la Rose is a medieval French allegorical poem, begun by Guillaume de Lorris and completed by Jean de Meun, that explores courtly love through an extended dream vision and became one of the most influential literary works of the Middle Ages.

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The Romance of the Rose 1

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instanceOf French poem ⓘ
allegorical poem ⓘ
medieval poem ⓘ
adaptedBy Geoffrey Chaucer (partial translation) ⓘ
author Guillaume de Lorris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean de Meun NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulation translated into Middle English ⓘ
widely read in medieval France ⓘ
contains encyclopedic discussions ⓘ
philosophical digressions ⓘ
controversy criticized for its treatment of women ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizedBy Christine de Pizan NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateCompleted c. 1275 ⓘ
dateWritten c. 1230 ⓘ
featuresCharacter Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fair Welcome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Friend ⓘ
Jealousy ⓘ
Love (Amor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reason ⓘ
the Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
courtly love literature ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ
hasPart Guillaume de Lorris’s section ⓘ
Jean de Meun’s continuation ⓘ
influenced Christine de Pizan’s polemics ⓘ
Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean Froissart NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
literaryForm didactic poem ⓘ
literaryMovement courtly literature ⓘ
mainTheme art of love ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
moral and philosophical reflection ⓘ
psychology of love ⓘ
manuscriptTradition widely copied in illuminated manuscripts ⓘ
meter octosyllabic rhyming couplets ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person dream vision ⓘ
originalLanguage Old French ⓘ
period High Middle Ages ⓘ
setting allegorical garden ⓘ
subjectMatter love as a quest for the rose ⓘ
symbolism the rose symbolizes the beloved ⓘ
title Roman de la Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
translatedTitle The Romance of the Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasInfluentialIn Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
late medieval European literature ⓘ

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The Temple of Glas → influencedBy → Roman de la Rose ⓘ
The Merchant's Tale → influencedBy → Roman de la Rose ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Romance of the Rose