Kingship and Common Profit in Gower's Confessio Amantis

by Russell A. Peck

Confessio Amantis, the principal work in English by John Gower, friend of Chaucer, by whom he was influenced, has always been read as a conventional poem about the seven deadly sins. Here, paying particular attention to the poem's language and style, Peck gives a brilliant new reinterpretation which not only illuminates the poem's elegant beauty but provides a profound moral purpose as well.

Gower's Confessio, according...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809308010
• ISBN13: 9780809308019
• Release Date: October 1978
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.4"