Magister Amoris: The Roman de la Rose and Vernacular Hermeneutics

The thirteenth-century Roman de la Rose was a major best9780199532049ely due to its robust treatment of 'natural' sexuality. Alastair Minnis's innovative study considers the ways in which Jean de Meun, in imitation of Ovid as understood within medieval scholarship, assumed the mock-mastership of love. The reception of the Rose is placed within the European history of literary criticism.