Le roman de la rose - Tome IV

"Le roman de la rose - Tome IV" by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun is a medieval French allegorical poem written in two parts between 1230-1269. This dream vision follows a lover's quest to reach a rose symbolizing his beloved within an enclosed garden. The first part presents courtly romance; the second transforms into philosophical discourse, satirizing religious hypocrisy and overturning ideals of courtly love through cynical observations about human nature, desire, and society.

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