A Critical Evaluation of John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis.”

Author/Editor
Schueler, Donald C.

Title
A Critical Evaluation of John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis.”

Published
Schueler, Donald C. A Critical Evaluation of John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis.” Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University, 1962. Unrestricted access at https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1755&context=gradschool_disstheses; accessed August 23, 2022.

Review
It is the “central thing” to our reading experience of Gower that his ethical content, didactic purpose, structure, representation of romantic love, narrative, and poetic techniques are medieval. Examines each in relation to each other, and as examples of “medieval” modes of thought. [RFY1981]

Date
1962

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism
Confessio Amantis