Gower's Ethical Microcosm and Political Macrocosm.

Author/Editor
Porter, Elizabeth

Title
Gower's Ethical Microcosm and Political Macrocosm.

Published
Porter, Elizabeth. "Gower's Ethical Microcosm and Political Macrocosm." In Gower's Confessio Amantis: Responses and Reassessments. Ed. Minnis, A. J. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1983. Pp.135-62.

Review
Shows that Gower makes use of a vocabulary applicable at once to the ethical health of Amans and to the political well-being of the state, thus making the Confessio Amantis a true 'speculum regis.' [PN. Cpyright the John Gower Society. JGN 3.1]

Date
1983

Gower Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Confessio Amantis