"Als wel the lord as the schepherde, He broghte hem alle in good accord:: Harmonious Materialism in the "Confessio Amantis."

Author/Editor
Ladd, Roger A.

Title
"Als wel the lord as the schepherde, He broghte hem alle in good accord:: Harmonious Materialism in the "Confessio Amantis."

Published
Ladd, Roger A. "'Als wel the lord as the schepherde, He broghte hem alle in good accord': Harmonious Materialism in the Confessio Amantis." Accessus 5.2 (2019): n.p.

Review
Ladd addresses what he sees as Gower's shift in CA from the overt estates satire of his earlier works into a more general critique of humankind's susceptibility to "the sins of materialism and avarice" by exploring examples in numerous tales to conclude that Gower demonstrates how economic interactions must be "part of how we all get along." [JGS. Copyright. The John Gower Society. eJGN 39.2]

Date
2019

Gower Subjects
Confessio Amantis