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The complete works of John Gower, volume 2 — John Gower

The complete works of John Gower, volume 2

John Gower

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 840 pages

The second volume of G. C. Macaulay's edition gathers John Gower's English poems, including the long moral narrative Confessio Amantis. Written in Middle English, it uses tales and allegory to explore love, sin, and conscience. It is worth hearing for its vivid medieval storytelling and its place beside Chaucer in fourteenth-century poetry.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
ЈОНУ GOWER
G. C. MACAULAY
水 水
THE ENGLISH WORKS

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK

MS. Fairfax 3, f. 125 vº. (UPPER PORTION)

THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN GOWER
EDITED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS
WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES, AND GLOSSARIES
BY
G. C. MACAULAY, M.A.
FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
* *
THE ENGLISH WORKS
(CLjƿżŧǪǪƗLj AƽĵƿǵƗǪ, PǡLjƯ.—LƗœ. V. 1970)
‘O gentile Engleterre, a toi j’escrits.’
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1901

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Contents

  1. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN GOWER
  2. PREFATORY NOTE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA
  6. AN ADDITIONAL MS. OF THE ‘CONFESSIO AMANTIS’
  7. CONFESSIO AMANTIS[24a]
  8. Incipit Liber Primus
  9. Incipit Liber Secundus.
  10. Incipit Liber Tercius.
  11. Incipit Liber Quartus.
  12. Incipit Liber Quintus.
  13. NOTES
  14. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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