Philip Knox is a University Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of King's College. He is one of the editors of New Medieval Literatures.

• Introduction


• 1: Courtly Encounters


• 2: Knowledge, Desire, Nature


• 3: Being a Poet


• Conclusion


• Appendix: English-Speaking Readers of the Roman de la Rose: Some Manuscript Evidence, c.1300-c.1500


• Bibliography

Provides a new account of the literary history of fourteenth-century England, arguing that many of this period's most distinctive literary experiments emerge through a productive dialogue with the Romance of the Rose, a jointly-authored medieval French poem.