The Romance of the Rose Author:Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun First complete English translation of the masterpiece of medieval literature. The publication of this superb, unabridged, and unexpurgated translation of Le Roman de la Rose is a literary event of first importance. Dating from the thirteenth century, this great poem was begun by Guillaume de Lorris as an allegory of courtly love. It was finished... more » by Jean de Meun, who radically changed the original intent of the poem and made it a satire on many aspects of medieval life, but especially on women and marriage. The translation in blank verse here was the life work of the late Professor harry W. Robblins of Bucknell University, and in the opinion of the editor, Professor Charles W. Dunn of New York University, it is one of the finest modernizations of a medieval classic ever to be published.« less