John Gower, Confessio Amantis, Volume 2
Russell A. Peck is Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is currently the editor of the Middle English Texts Series. Andrew Galloway is Professor of English at Cornell University. He specializes in medieval English literature and its contexts, as well as medieval Latin literature.
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The complete text of John Gower’s Confessio Amantis is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components – with translations – of this bilingual poem and extensive glosses, bibliography, and explanatory notes. Volume 2 contains Books 2, 3, and 4, which follow in their structure the outline of Vice and its children found in the early French poem the Mirour de l’Omme.
Acknowledgments Introduction Confessio Amantis Book 2: Envy i. On Envy Sorrow for Another's Joy Tale of Acis and Galatea ii. Joy Over Another's Grief Tale of the Travelers and the Angel iii. Detraction Tale of Constance Tale of Demetrius and Perseus iv. False-Semblant Tale of Deianira, Hercules, and Nessus v. Supplantation Tale of Geta and Amphitrion Tale of the False Bachelor Tale of Pope Boniface vi. The Pallor of Envy Charity and Pity as Remedy Tale of Constantine and Sylvester Book 3: Wrath i. On Melancholy Tale of Canace and Machaire Tale of Tiresias and the Snakes ii. Contention Patience of Socrates Of Jupiter, Juno, and Tiresias Tale of Phebus and Cornide Jupiter and Laar iii. Hate Tale of King Namplus and the Greeks iv. Contek and Homicide Tale of Diogenes and Alexander Tale of Pyramus and Thisbe On Daunger Tale of Phebus and Daphne Tale of Athemas and Demephon Tale of Orestes v. Evil of War Tale of Alexander and the Pirate On Crusades Tale of Telaphus and Teucer Book 4: Sloth i. On Lachesce, or Procrastination Tale of Aeneas and Dido Tale of Ulysses and Penelope The Great Clerk Grosseteste The Foolish Virgins ii. Pusillamite, or Cowardice Pygmalion and His Statue Tale of Iphis and Iante iii. Forgetfulness Tale of Demophon and Phyllis iv. Negligence Tale of Phaeton Tale of Icarus v. Idleness Tale of Rosiphelee Tale of Jephthah's Daughter vi. Decerte, or Meritoriousness Tale of Nauplus and Ulysses Examples of Prowess: Protesilaus Saul Education of Achilles Tale of Hercules and Achelons Penthesilea, Philemenis, Aeneas Gentilesse vii. On the Uses of Labor Discoverers and Inventors Alchemy Three Philosopher Stones First Alchemists Letters and Language viii. Somnolence On Dreams Tale of Ceix and Alceone Prayer of Cephalus Tale of Argus and Mercury ix. Tristesse and Despondency Tale of Iphis and Araxarathen Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Bibliography Illustration Figure 1, MS Bodley 902, Fol. 8r., Acknowledgments
Introduction
Confessio Amantis
Book 2: Envy
i. On Envy
Sorrow for Another's Joy
Tale of Acis and Galatea
ii. Joy Over Another’s Grief
Tale of the Travelers and the Angel
iii. Detraction
Tale of Constance
Tale of Demetrius and Perseus
iv. False-Semblant
Tale of Deianira, Hercules, and Nessus
v. Supplantation
Tale of Geta and Amphitrion
Tale of the False Bachelor
Tale of Pope Boniface
vi. The Pallor of Envy
Charity and Pity as Remedy
Tale of Constantine and Sylvester
Book 3: Wrath
i. On Melancholy
Tale of Canace and Machaire
Tale of Tiresias and the Snakes
ii. Contention
Patience of Socrates
Of Jupiter, Juno, and Tiresias
Tale of Phebus and Cornide
Jupiter and Laar
iii. Hate
Tale of King Namplus and the Greeks
iv. Contek and Homicide
Tale of Diogenes and Alexander
Tale of Pyramus and Thisbe
On Daunger
Tale of Phebus and Daphne
Tale of Athemas and Demephon
Tale of Orestes
v. Evil of War
Tale of Alexander and the Pirate
On Crusades
Tale of Telaphus and Teucer
Book 4: Sloth
i. On Lachesce, or Procrastination
Tale of Aeneas and Dido
Tale of Ulysses and Penelope
The Great Clerk Grosseteste
The Foolish Virgins
ii. Pusillamité, or Cowardice
Pygmalion and His Statue
Tale of Iphis and Iante
iii. Forgetfulness
Tale of Demophon and Phyllis
iv. Negligence
Tale of Phaeton
Tale of Icarus
v. Idleness
Tale of Rosiphelee
Tale of Jephthah’s Daughter
vi. Decerte, or Meritoriousness
Tale of Nauplus and Ulysses
Examples of Prowess: Protesilaus
Saul
Education of Achilles
Tale of Hercules and Achelons
Penthesilea, Philemenis, Aeneas
Gentilesse
vii. On the Uses of Labor
Discoverers and Inventors
Alchemy
Three Philosopher Stones
First Alchemists
Letters and Language
viii. Somnolence
On Dreams
Tale of Ceix and Alceone
Prayer of Cephalus
Tale of Argus and Mercury
ix. Tristesse and Despondency
Tale of Iphis and Araxarathen
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Bibliography
Illustration
Figure 1, MS Bodley 902, Fol. 8r.
- By (author) John Gower
- Edited by Russell A. Peck
- Translated by Andrew Galloway
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