Confessio Amantis


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Confessio Amantis, the Lovers Shrift (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Confessio Amantis, the Lovers Shrift To show the world what virtue-is. Men who in those days did amiss Through tyranny and cruelty 50 Such as each was, in his degree. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.










Confessio Amantis, Volume 1


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The complete text of John Gower's poem is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components-with translations-of this bilingual text and extensive glosses, bibliography and explanatory notes. Volume 1 contains the Prologue and Books 1 and 8, in effect the overall structure of Gower's poem.




Confessio Amantis, Volume 3


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The complete text of John Gower's Confessio Amantis is a 3-volume edition, including all Latin components - with translations - of this bilingual poem and extensive glosses, bibliography, and explanatory notes. Volume 3 contains Books 5, 6, and 7, which follow another kind of development as Gower shifts from romance banter and formulaic confession to philosophical inquiry.




Confessio Amantis


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Originally published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1966.




Gower's Confessio Amantis


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Eleven essays by influential scholars (from C.S. Lewis to A.J. Minnis] provide an introduction for students to Gower's Confessio Amantisand its important criticism.