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"The Lover's Confession"
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- Book Synopsis
- John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the fourteenth century, influencing authors from Chaucer to Shakespeare. Within its frame of the lovesick lover's confession are well over a hundred stories, mainly derived from classical mythology, the Bible, and history which exemplify the Middle Ages serve as moral lessons (exempla) for personal and political behavior. Echoing the octosyllabic line of the original, this is the first complete modern English translation of the entire (33,000-line) poem, including its Latin verses and glosses.
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- ISBN
- 9781580446785
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications, (31 October 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 600
- Weight
- 1352 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 260 x 210 x 44 mm
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