John Gower: Confessio Amantis

by John Gower

Other authors: Terence Tiller (Translator)

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The complete text of John Gower's poem is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components-with translations-of this bilingual text and extensive glosses, bibliography and explanatory notes. Volume 1 contains the Prologue and Books 1 and 8, in effect the overall structure of Gower's poem.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
John Gower	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Peck, Russell A.	Editor	main author	some editions	confirmed
Tiller, Terence	Translator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tiller, Terence	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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John Gower: Confessio Amantis

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c.1390 (Gower's original)

1968 (Russell A. Peck edition)

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PREFACE
In his own day Gower's reputation as a poet and moral spokesman was secure beyond doubt. He was even the first English poet to enjoy international recognition, his Confessio Amantis having been translated into both Spanish and Portuguese early in the fifteenth century.

INTRODUCTIONGower's Confessio Amantis is one of several Middle English poems which may be classified as poems of consolatin.

PROLOGUSOf hem that writen ous tofore
The bokes duelle, and we therfore
Ben tawht of that was write tho;

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The complete text of John Gower's poem is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components-with translations-of this bilingual text and extensive glosses, bibliography and explanatory notes. Volume 1 contains the Prologue and Books 1 and 8, in effect the overall structure of Gower's poem.

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