The Romance of the Rose Or Guillaume de Dole

In the last decade, interest in the early thirteenth-century writer Jean Renart has been steadily increasing. The author of at least two noteworthy romances, 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."