Self-fulfilling prophecies : readership and authority in the first Roman de la Rose
1986, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #393093
ISBN: 0521320143
Physical description: xiv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on texts and translations; Hors Texte; Part I. The Spectral Author; Part II. The Narration of Allegory; Part III. Lyric and Romance; Part IV. Narcissus and the Allegorical Fountain; Postscript; Name and title index; Topical index. Subject: Guillaume de Lorris active 1230. Roman de la rose; Jean de Meun approximately 1240-approximately 1305; Roman de la rose Criticism and interpretation; Authors and readers France History; Authority in literature; Civilization, Medieval 13th century; Epic poetry in Old French; Critical studies.
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