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John Gower and the Structures of Conversion: A Reading of the 'Confessio Amantis.'
The Confessio Amantis has never fit comfortably into the role of versified sermon on the Seven Deadly Sins to which received opinion, and one traditional line of criticism, have consigned it. If it is such, then Gower didn't manage it very well. The dialogue he created between Amans, "the lover," and his confessor Genius is full of awkwardnesses and inconsistencies that distract from, when they do not completely obscure, the coherency of the moral lessons. Genius himself is given an impossible task, serving both as priest of Venus and as Christian confessor. The many tales he tells are often morally inconclusive, or, like the long lectures with which they are ...
- Peter Nicholson, Love and Ethics in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis'.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Medium Aevum Yeager, R.F. March 22, 2007 700+ words
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- Fathers and Daughters in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis': Authority, Family, State,...
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Olsson, Kurt January 1, 2003 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Medium Aevum Archibald, Elizabeth September 22, 2001 700+ words
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- John Gower; confessio amantis; v.3.(ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LITERATURES)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2005 700+ words
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- John Gower; Confessio amantis; v.1, 2d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News November 1, 2006 700+ words
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- A new fragment of Gower's 'Confessio Amantis'.(poet John Gower)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Edwards, A.S.G. Takamiya, T. October 1, 2001 700+ words
...materials for the study of the text of Gower's Confessio Amantis. (1) Discoveries have been...early authorities for the text of Gower's poem. Huntington Library...is the so-called 'Stafford Gower'. It was copied before the close...
- Love and Ethics in Gower's Confessio Amantis.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News February 1, 2006 700+ words
047211512X Love and ethics in Gower's Confessio amantis. Nicholson, Peter. U. of Michigan...view, Nicholson argues that John Gower's (1325-1408) poem is primarily...of the text, comparison with Gower's other two long poems, and...
- John Gower and the Structures of Confession: A Reading of the 'Confessio...
- Magazine article from: Medium Aevum Runacres, Charles March 22, 1994 700+ words
All students of Confessio Amantis face the question of its coherence...diversity of material escaped Gower's grasp? Or has Gower successfully ordered a moral poetic...starting-point, is to cast Gower as a compilator with Attitude...