Courtly Love and the Confessional in English Literature from 1215 to John Gower.
- Author/Editor
- Fitzpatrick, John F.
- Title
- Courtly Love and the Confessional in English Literature from 1215 to John Gower.
- Published
- Fitzpatrick, John F. "Courtly Love and the Confessional in English Literature from 1215 to John Gower." Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 1978. Dissertation Abstracts International A39.02. Full text accessible via ProQuest Dissertations & Theses; accessed December 5, 2022.
- Review
- Gower built the CA around a union of two traditions--courtly love and penance. Central images are of priest/physician and lover/sick man. Studies the tradition in a range of literature from the penitentials and Alanus de Insulis's "De Planctu Naturae" through CA. [RFY1981; rev. MA]
- Date
- 1978
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis
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