The Ethical Poetic of the Later Middle Ages: A Decorum of Convenient Distinction

Author/Editor
Allen, Judson Boyce

Title
The Ethical Poetic of the Later Middle Ages: A Decorum of Convenient Distinction

Published
Allen, Judson Boyce. "The Ethical Poetic of the Later Middle Ages: A Decorum of Convenient Distinction." Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982 ISBN 0802023703

Review
Argues strongly for a reading of medieval poetry based on the notion of "array"--the outlined, divided, and subdivided parts making up many texts. He proposes a criticism based on "an analysis of outlines," or "an analysis of forma tractatus." Thus, the Confessio Amantis and the Vox Clamantis come in for brief mention, as evidence of versions of the array-making consciousness of the late 14th century. [PN. Copyright the John Gower Society. JGN 1.1]

Date
1982

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism
Vox Clamantis
Confessio Amantis