The meaning of incest in the 'Confessio Amantis'
- Author/Editor
- Donavin, Georgiana
- Title
- The meaning of incest in the 'Confessio Amantis'
- Published
- Donavin, Georgiana. "The meaning of incest in the 'Confessio Amantis'." PhD thesis, University of Oregon, 1992.
- Review
- The exemplar of incest in Confessio Amantis is provided by Venus and Cupid; key tales demonstrate the destruction that follows incest or the union with God that follows the transcendance of incestuous passion. Incest is used by Gower as a "microcosmic symbol of society's decay"; Amans is led by Genius to reject the incestuous model of Venus and Cupid. [JGN 12.2]
- Date
- 1992
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis