Description
Essays on teaching love, ethics, and medieval allegory.
One of the most influential texts of its time, the Romance of the Rose offers readers a window into the world view of the late Middle Ages in Europe, including notions of moral philosophy and courtly love. Yet the Rose also explores topics that remain relevant to readers today, such as gender, desire, and the power of speech. Students, however, can find the work challenging because of its dual authorship by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, its structure as an allegorical dream vision, and its encyclopedic length and scope.
The essays in this volume offer strategies for teaching the poem with confidence and enjoyment. Part 1, "Materials," suggests helpful background resources. Part 2, "Approaches," presents contexts, critical approaches, and strategies for teaching the work and its classical and medieval sources, illustrations, and adaptations as well as the intellectual debates that surrounded it.
Author: Daisy Delogu
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9781603295680
ISBN10: 1603295682
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Poetry