Gower's Confessio amantis : a critical anthology
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Gower's Confessio amantis : a critical anthology
（Publications of the John Gower Society, 3）
D.S. Brewer , Boydell & Brewer, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-216)
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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.
This collection gathers in one place the essays that have done most to shape the modern critical discussion of the Confessio Amantis, and illustrates, by the choice of the landmarks of Gower criticism, how the study of thepoem has evolved. It also provides representative examples of major approaches to the poem and selected studies of its most important aspects The essays provide a valuable indication of precisely what kinds of challenges the Confessio Amantishas posed for modern readers; they will provide the groundwork for all future study of the Confessio
Essays by: G.C. MACAULAY, C.S. LEWIS, GEORGE R. COFFMAN, J.A.W. BENNETT, DEREK PEARSALL, ARNOBESCH, GEORGE. D. ECONOMOU, GOTOEZ SCHMITZ, DENISE N. BAKER, A.J. MINNIS and KURT OLSSON
Table of Contents
- The "Confessio Amantis" (1908), G C Macaulay
- Gower (1936), C S Lewis
- John Gower in his most significant role (1945), George E Coffman
- Gower's narrative art (1966), Derek Pearsall
- John Gower's narrative art (1968), Arno Esch
- the character genius in Alan de Lille, Jean de Meun, and John Gower (1970), George D Economou
- rhetoric and fiction - Gower's comments on eloquence and courtly poetry (1974), Gotz Schmitz
- the priesthood of genius - a study of the medieval tradition (1976), Denise N Baker
- John Gower, "sapiens" in ethics and politics (1980), A J Minnis
- natural law and John Gower's "Confessio Amantis" (1982), Kurt Olsson.
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