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 31
... incest . Why then would he single out incest as his final moral category for discussion ? The answer may lie in the pecul- iar relationship of that vice to the illness of Amans . Medieval writers commonly associated self - love and ...
... incest . Why then would he single out incest as his final moral category for discussion ? The answer may lie in the pecul- iar relationship of that vice to the illness of Amans . Medieval writers commonly associated self - love and ...
Page 277
... incest in the Middle Ages ( Incest Narratives , pp . 9–19 ) and the sophisticated cultural psychoanalysis of incest in CA by Scanlon ( " Riddle of Incest " ) . Ne the seconde ne the thridde . On Gower's scheme of the traditional first ...
... incest in the Middle Ages ( Incest Narratives , pp . 9–19 ) and the sophisticated cultural psychoanalysis of incest in CA by Scanlon ( " Riddle of Incest " ) . Ne the seconde ne the thridde . On Gower's scheme of the traditional first ...
Page 280
... incest as cannibalism see Donavin , Incest Nar- ratives . This unkinde fare . See note to 1.2565 on indifference toward the rights of kins- men as unkinde behavior . sche dorste him nothing withseie . See Donavin , Incest Narratives ...
... incest as cannibalism see Donavin , Incest Nar- ratives . This unkinde fare . See note to 1.2565 on indifference toward the rights of kins- men as unkinde behavior . sche dorste him nothing withseie . See Donavin , Incest Narratives ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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