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The Lover's Confession

A Translation of John Gower's 'Confessio Amantis'

Andrew Galloway translator Brian Gastle translator Catherine Carter translator Brian Gastle editor Catherine Carter editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Medieval Institute Publications

Published:22nd Jan '24

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  • First translation of the entire Middle English poem
  • A seminal English poet of the Middle Ages, contemporary of William Langland and Geoffrey Chaucer

John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the C14th. Within its frame of the lovesick lover's confession are well over a hundred stories which exemplify the Middle Ages. This is the first translation of the entire (33,000-line) Middle English poem, including its Latin verses and glosses.

John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the fourteenth century. 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. Echoing the octosyllabic line of the original, this is the first translation of the entire (33,000-line) Middle English poem, including its Latin verses and glosses.

ISBN: 9781580446792

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1510g

600 pages