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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Romance of the Rose"”.
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"And everych cried 'What thing is that?'" : a reading of Chaucer's House of fame
The thesis attempts to show the complexity of the literary challenge which Chaucer undertook in the House of Fame. Firstly, I establish a sense of the tradition of criticism inspired by the poem, and then show the ramifications of the choice of medium. The poem is a "dream vision", a genre which …
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A feminist reading of la Vieille's speech in Jean de Meun's portion of Le roman de la rose
… undertakes to produce a close reading of la Vieille’s speech in Jean de Meun’s portion of Le roman de la rose. This speech has been traditionally interpreted as ironic, but this analysis seeks to incorporate the work of feminist critics as well as a relatively new area of research on …