The Conflict of Courtly Love and Christian Morality in John Gower's "Confessio Amantis."
- Author/Editor
- Phelan, Walter Stephen.
- Title
- The Conflict of Courtly Love and Christian Morality in John Gower's "Confessio Amantis."
- Published
- Phelan, Walter Stephen. "The Conflict of Courtly Love and Christian Morality in John Gower's 'Confessio Amantis'." Ph.D. Dissertation. Ohio State University, 1971. Open access at http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1225921019 (accessed January 22, 2023).
- Review
- "A major theme of the poem and an essential notion in Gower's philosophy is that everything has an opposite into which it may be transformed. The concepts of transformation and opposition borrowed from the Platonic tradition found in the 'Timaeus' and echoed in the poets associated with the School of Chartres can be traced in many of the tales and the frame as well . . . . The 'Confessio Amantis' is a jeremiad." Courtly love and Christian morality are polar opposites. [RFY1981]
- Date
- 1971
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis