Fortune's Faces: The Roman de la Rose and the Poetics of Contingency

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Fortune’s Faces parall ax re-visions of culture and societ y Stephen G. Nichols, Gerald Prince, and Wendy Steiner series editors Fortune’s Faces The Roman de la Rose and the Poetics of Contingency Daniel Heller-Roazen The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London © 2003 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2003 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Fortune’s faces:the Roman de la Rose and the poetics of contingency/Daniel Heller-Roazen. p. cm.—(Parallax) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8018-7191-3 (alk. paper) 1. Guillaume de Lorris, fl. 1230. Roman de la Rose. 2. Jean de Meun, d. 1305. I. Title. II. Parallax (Baltimore, Md.) pq1528 .h45 2001 841′.1—dc21 2002015861 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. For my Mother and Father This page intentionally left blank L’inconstance du bransle divers de la fortune fait qu’elle nous doive presenter toute espece de visages. —Montaigne, Essais, 1:33 This page intentionally left blank ...