The Lover’s Confession: A Translation of John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis”

Edited by Brian Gastle and Catherine Carter, with Latin translations by Andrew Galloway

Book cover: The Lover’s Confession: A Translation of John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis”

Extent: 600 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Varia

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2023)

ISBN: 9781580446785

8.27 x 10.24 inches

Price: $47.95

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Hardback (Published)

(October 2023)

ISBN: 9781580446792

Price: $89.00

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John Gower’s Confessio Amantis (The Lover’s Confession) is one of the most important English works of the C14th. Within its frame of the lovesick lover’s confession are well over a hundred stories which exemplify the Middle Ages. This is the first translation of the entire (33,000-line) Middle English poem, including its Latin verses and glosses.


John Gower’s Confessio Amantis (The Lover’s Confession) is one of the most important English works of the Fourteenth Century. Within its frame of the lovesick lover’s confession are well over a hundred stories, mainly derived from classical mythology, the Bible, and history which exemplify the Middle Ages. Echoing the octosyllabic line of the original, this is the first translation of the entire (33,000-line) poem, including its Latin verses and glosses.

Acknowledgements Introduction The Lover's Confession Prologue Book 1: Pride Book 2: Envy Book 3: Wrath Book 4: Sloth Book 5: Avarice Book 6: Gluttony Book 7: Education of the King Book 8: Lechery Appendix A: Confessio Amantis Ricardian Recensions Appendix B: Confessio Amantis Name Glossary Appendix C: Sources and Analogs of Confessio Amantis Tales,

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Lover’s Confession
Prologue
Book 1: Pride
Book 2: Envy
Book 3: Wrath
Book 4: Sloth
Book 5: Avarice
Book 6: Gluttony
Book 7: Education of the King
Book 8: Lechery
Appendix A: Confessio Amantis Ricardian Recensions
Appendix B: Confessio Amantis Name Glossary
Appendix C: Sources and Analogs of Confessio Amantis Tales

  • Translated by Brian Gastle
  • Translated by Catherine Carter
  • Other Andrew Galloway