John Gower's "Confessio Amantis": A Critical Assessment of Themes and Structure.
- Author/Editor
- Grellner, Sister Mary Alice.
- Title
- John Gower's "Confessio Amantis": A Critical Assessment of Themes and Structure.
- Published
- Grellner, Sister Mary Alice. John Gower's "Confessio Amantis": A Critical Assessment of Themes and Structure. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1969. Dissertation Abstracts International A30.06
- Review
- The CA is built of opposites; Genius with responsibilities as a reproductive god and tutelary spirit; war and peace; courtly/Christian; dream-vision of Court of Love leading to vision of heavenly love. Examines tales in groups of lovers who succeed or fail in governing their emotions with reason, and political rulers with reason, or do not. Last chapter devoted to "Apollonius of Tyre" as a lover and ruler who does everything right. [RFY1981; rev. MA]
- Date
- 1969
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis
Style, Rhetoric, and Versification