| Aspects of Love in John Gower's Confessio Amantis Contributor(s): Bakalian, Ellen S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 041596976X ISBN-13: 9780415969765 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Throughout the tales in the Confessio Amantis, John Gower proposes that reciprocal love is the remedy to what ails man and society. This book explores how Gower uses the aspects of love in the Confessio-the notions of kinde, or passionate love, and reason in the sphere of love; "honeste love" in the Marriage Tales of the Four Wives; passionate and excessive love in the Forsaken Women's tales; and Amans's lovesickness. In her thorough examination of Gower's work, Ellen S. Bakalian shows how Gower emphasizes and illustrates a belief that reason must rule man in all things, including his natural instincts to love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| LCCN: 2003015930 |
| Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.08 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |