The Portrayal of Amans in Confessio Amantis.

Author/Editor
Burrow, John

Title
The Portrayal of Amans in Confessio Amantis.

Published
Burrow, John. "The Portrayal of Amans in Confessio Amantis." In Gower's Confessio Amantis: Responses and Reassessments. Ed. Minnis, A. J. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1983, pp. 5-24. ISBN 085991142X

Review
Views Amans in the context of the tradition of the ages of man, of the "dits amoreux" of Machaut and Froissart, and considers the purpose and effects of the lover's age as revealed in the conclusion. [PN. Copyright the John Gower Society. JGN 3.1]

Date
1983

Gower Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Confessio Amantis