Confessio Amantis, Volume 2: (TEAMS Middle English Texts Series 2nd Revised edition)
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Confessio Amantis, Volume 2: (TEAMS Middle English Texts Series 2nd Revised edition)
Confessio Amantis, Volume 2: (TEAMS Middle English Texts Series 2nd Revised edition)

Confessio Amantis, Volume 2: (TEAMS Middle English Texts Series 2nd Revised edition)

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John Gower (Author) Russell A. Peck (Contributor) Andrew Galloway (Contributor)  

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Though never quite matching the popularity and scholarly acclaim of his friend and contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer, the English poet John Gower produced an impressive body of poetry in Anglo-Norman French, Latin, and Middle English and has earned his reputation as one of the great English poets of the fourteenth century. His Confessio Amantis, or "The Lover's Confession," ranks among the Middle English texts most frequently copied before the advent of the printing press. The poem both follows and builds upon the model of fourteenth-century Christian confessions by shaping the lover's account into a frame narrative for a collection of shorter poetic tales, pairing courtly-love reinterpretations of the seven deadly sins with moralizing narratives drawn from biblical, classical, and medieval sources. Volume 2 of this three-volume edition presents Books 2, 3 and 4 of Gower's poem, including translations of Latin components, alongside a comprehensive bibliography, glosses, and explanatory notes. 1 Illustrations, black and white
Russell A. Peck is Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is currently the editor of the Middle English Texts Series. Andrew Galloway is Professor of English at Cornell University. He specializes in medieval English literature and its contexts, as well as medieval Latin literature.
  • Contributor: John Gower
  • Imprint: Medieval Institute Publications
  • ISBN13: 9781580441797
  • Number of Pages: 364
  • Packaged Dimensions: 178x254mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
  • Release Date: 2013-09-01
  • Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Russell A. Peck is Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is currently the editor of the Middle English Texts Series. Andrew Galloway is Professor of English at Cornell University. He specializes in medieval English literature and its contexts, as well as medieval Latin literature.

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