Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
Autor: | John Gower |
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EAN: | 4066339557789 |
eBook Format: | ePUB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 27.11.2023 |
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Schlagworte: | British author Confession narrative Courtly love poetry Frame story structure Historical fiction Love and sin Medieval England Middle English literature Moral allegory Non-linear narrative |
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Confessio Amantis or The Lover's Confession is a 33,000-line Middle-English poem by John Gower. The plot is based on the confession made by an aging lover to the chaplain of Venus. This confession works as a frame story for a collection of shorter narrative poems. As it is mentioned in the prologue, the work was composed on the commission of Richard II.