Confessio Amantis, Volume 1The 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. |
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Page 9
... Cupid help Genius to fulfill his office of replenishing Nature ( that is to say , the sexual urge for singular pleasure which Venus and Cupid instill in creatures does help Nature to reproduce her kind ) . But although Gower's Genius ...
... Cupid help Genius to fulfill his office of replenishing Nature ( that is to say , the sexual urge for singular pleasure which Venus and Cupid instill in creatures does help Nature to reproduce her kind ) . But although Gower's Genius ...
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... Cupid and Venus , who suddenly appear before him and transfix his heart on love's fiery dart . This opening ... Cupid's dart clinches his loss of natural free- dom . He is trapped by his amorous confusion , and many tales will pass ...
... Cupid and Venus , who suddenly appear before him and transfix his heart on love's fiery dart . This opening ... Cupid's dart clinches his loss of natural free- dom . He is trapped by his amorous confusion , and many tales will pass ...
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... Cupid , the God of Love , with his queen , comes upon Geoffrey near the daisy and looks upon him with angry , piercing eyes . Chaucer's queen is Alceste , rather than Venus , but in neither instance is Cupid presented as blind . herte ...
... Cupid , the God of Love , with his queen , comes upon Geoffrey near the daisy and looks upon him with angry , piercing eyes . Chaucer's queen is Alceste , rather than Venus , but in neither instance is Cupid presented as blind . herte ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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