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L’Escoufle

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In Jean Renart
His known works are L’Escoufle, a picaresque novel in verse about the adventures of Guillaume and Aelis, betrothed children who flee to France; Guillaume de Dôle, the story of a calumniated bride who cunningly defends her reputation; and the Lai de l’ombre, about a knight who presses a ring…
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In romance: The theme of separation and reunion
Jean Renart’s L’Escoufle (c. 1200–02) uses the theme of lovers who, accidentally separated while fleeing together from the emperor’s court, are eventually reunited; and the highly esteemed and influential Guillaume de Palerne (c. 1200) combines the theme of escaping lovers with that of the “grateful animal” (here…
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