Download or read book The Romance of the Rose or Guillaume de Dole written by Jean Renart and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of at least two noteworthy romances of the early thirteenth century, Le Roman de la Rose or Guillaume de Dole and L'Escoufle (The Kite), as well as Le Lai de l'Ombre, Jean Renart is today recognized as the most accomplished practitioner of the "realistic romance" in Old French literature.