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Guillaume de Lorris (gēyōm` də lôrēs`), c.1215–c.1278, French poet, author of the first part of the Roman de la Rose Roman de la Rose, Le (lə rōmäN` də lä rōz), French poem of 22,000 lines in eight-syllable couplets. ..... Click the link for more information. . He handled the chivalric conventions with subtlety and charm, and his work shows taste, psychological perception, and wide familiarity with French letters. Guillaume de Lorris 13th century, French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Chaucer experimented with the numerous lyric forms which the French poets had brought to perfection; he also translated, in whole or in part, the most important of medieval French narrative poems, the thirteenth century 'Romance of the Rose' of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, a very clever satirical allegory, in many thousand lines, of medieval love and medieval religion. |
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