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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... WEIE " Gower's rhetorical strategy claims to locate the argument of his English poem along a " middel weie " ( Prol.17 ) , a pathway between rigorous instruction and entertainment . One might make much of the " in - betweenness ” of ...
... WEIE " Gower's rhetorical strategy claims to locate the argument of his English poem along a " middel weie " ( Prol.17 ) , a pathway between rigorous instruction and entertainment . One might make much of the " in - betweenness ” of ...
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... weie him wolde teche . And he him taghte , and forth he wente And preide God with good entente To sende him joie after his sorwe . It was noght passed yit midmorwe , Whan thiderward his weie he nam , Provided that shattered utterly ...
... weie him wolde teche . And he him taghte , and forth he wente And preide God with good entente To sende him joie after his sorwe . It was noght passed yit midmorwe , Whan thiderward his weie he nam , Provided that shattered utterly ...
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... weie , Oure grace goth the more aweie . And for to lokyn ovyrmore , spere . injure 3030 Wherof the poeple pleigneth sore , Toward the lawis of oure lond , Men sein that trouthe hath broke his bond And with brocage is goon aweie ...
... weie , Oure grace goth the more aweie . And for to lokyn ovyrmore , spere . injure 3030 Wherof the poeple pleigneth sore , Toward the lawis of oure lond , Men sein that trouthe hath broke his bond And with brocage is goon aweie ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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