Dreams of lovers and lies of poets
Subtitle: poetry, knowledge, and desire in the Roman de la Rose
By: Sylvia Huot
Series: Research monographs in French studies -- 31; Research monographs in French studies -- 31.
Publisher: Legenda/Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781906540807
Subjects: French Love poetry; History and criticism; Influence; Medieval Literature; Latin literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-112) and index.
Table of contents: title: The desire for knowledge and the knowledge of desire : models of poetic composition in the Roman de la Rose; title: Desire, knowledge and self-knowledge : Narcissus and the Rose; title: Orpheus's songs (I) : the failed ascent and the failure of lineage; title: Orpheus's songs (II) : poetry, the unspoken and the unspeakable; title: The conquest of the Rose : a Virgilian 'Art of love'; title: Conclusion: The lover's dream.