Confessio Amantis

, by Gower, John; Peck, Russell A.; Galloway, Andrew

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ISBN: 9781580441025 | 1580441025
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Copyright: 5/30/2006

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

VII

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

(37)

CHRONOLOGY OF GOWER'LS LIFE AND WORKDS

(5)

Prologue

i. Incipit

(4)

ii. The State

(2)

iii. The Church

(7)

iv. The Commons

(3)

v. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

(14)

Daniel's Prophecies Fulfilled

(6)

Division and Evil

(2)

Example of Arion

(4)

Book 1: Pride

i.On Love

(2)

ii. Complaint to Cupid and Venus

(3)

iii. Confessio Amantis, the Lover's Confession

(2)

iv. Senses of Sight and Sound

(7)

Tale of Acteon

(2)

Tale of Medusa

(1)

Aspidis the Serpent

(1)

Sirens

(2)

v. Hypocrisy

(14)

Hypocrisy of Lovers

(2)

Tale of Mundus and Paulina

(7)

Trojan Horse

(3)

vi. Disobedience

101

(3)

vii. Murmur and Complaint

104

(12)

Tale of Florent

106

(10)

viii. Presumption

116

(12)

Tale of Capaneus

118

(1)

Trump of Death

119

(76)

Tale of Narcissus

195

ix. Boasting

128

(6)

Tale of Albinus and Rosemund

129

(5)

x. Vainglory

134

(3)

xi. Nebuchadnezzar's Punishment

137

(6)

xii. Humility and the Tale of Three Questions

143

(10)

Book 8: Lechery

i. On Marriage and Incest

153

(6)

Examples of Incest

157

(2)

ii. Tale of Apollonius of Tyre

159

(46)

The Confessor's Final Counsel

196

(1)

The Lover's Admission and Request

197

(1)

The Confessor's Reply

197

(2)

Debate between the Confessor and the Lover

199

(2)

The Lover's Poetic Supplication

201

(2)

Venus' Reply

203

(2)

iii. Old Age

205

(14)

Parliament of Exemplary Lovers

206

(7)

Cupid Returns

213

(1)

Healing Love's Wound

214

(3)

Leave-taking of Venus

217

(2)

iv. Prayer for England [First Recension: Prayer for Richard]

219

(10)

On Kingship

223

(2)

Farewell to the Book

225

(1)

Farewell to Earthly Love

226

(3)

THE COLOPHONS

229

(8)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

237

(66)

TEXTUAL NOTES

303

(6)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

309

(10)

GLOSSARY

319

(6)

REFERENCE INDEX TO VOLUME 1

325

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