{"product_id":"the-romance-of-the-rose-and-the-making-of-fourteenth-century-english-literature-hardcover","title":"The Romance of the Rose and the Making of Fourteenth-Century English Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Knox\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eRomance of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e had a transformative effect on the multilingual literary culture of fourteenth-century England, leaving more material evidence for late medieval English-speaking readers than any other vernacular literary work from mainland Europe. This book examines its decisive effect on English literature of the fourteenth century, and new literary experiments it provoked from writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, William Langland, and the author of \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e. Linking the English afterlife of the \u003cem\u003eRose\u003c\/em\u003e to a host of ongoing cultural developments in mainland Europe, \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003eRomance of the Rose\u003cem\u003e and the Making of Fourteenth-Century English Literature\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the deep interconnectedness of English and European literary culture. Examining courtly, clerical, and classicising orientations towards the text, it presents new arguments for the place of the \u003cem\u003eRose\u003c\/em\u003e at the centre of fourteenth-century English literature, and explores its rich manuscript history\u003cbr\u003eto reveal new evidence about the cultural significance of this love allegory from thirteenth-century France. The chapters avoid an author-centred approach, arranging readings of the \u003cem\u003eRose\u003c\/em\u003e and its relation with English literature in constellations that reveal complex unfolding inter-relation of the diverse readings of the \u003cem\u003eRose\u003c\/em\u003e that took place in fourteenth-century England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Knox, \u003cem\u003eUniversity Lecturer in Medieval English, University of Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilip Knox is a University Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of King's College. He is one of the editors of \u003cem\u003eNew Medieval Literatures.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 5.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462094667954,"sku":"9780192847171","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cf6a2b5a82f96dc1cf33a5d17c4e4fa2.webp?v=1778961874","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-romance-of-the-rose-and-the-making-of-fourteenth-century-english-literature-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}