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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... Ovid to test it in his mind , wondering “ yf hit were so " ( line 233 ) . See note 12. Petrarch's observations on the value of old sayings and ancient writings are useful in understanding what Gower means by experta and how a medieval ...
... Ovid to test it in his mind , wondering “ yf hit were so " ( line 233 ) . See note 12. Petrarch's observations on the value of old sayings and ancient writings are useful in understanding what Gower means by experta and how a medieval ...
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... Ovid if he wants advice on dealing with his passion . He says he will heed no suggestions about giving up his lady . In the conclusion , after a long labor of penance , he changes his attitude , however , and , in Book 8 , it is Ovid ...
... Ovid if he wants advice on dealing with his passion . He says he will heed no suggestions about giving up his lady . In the conclusion , after a long labor of penance , he changes his attitude , however , and , in Book 8 , it is Ovid ...
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... Ovid Renewed : Ovidian In- fluences on Literature and Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century . Ed . Charles Martindale . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1988. Pp . 83–97 . Higden , Ranulf . Polychronicon Ranulphi ...
... Ovid Renewed : Ovidian In- fluences on Literature and Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century . Ed . Charles Martindale . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1988. Pp . 83–97 . Higden , Ranulf . Polychronicon Ranulphi ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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