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John Gower (1) (–1408)

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Best known as "moral Gower," as he is called by his friend Chaucer in the dedication of Troilus and Criseyde, Gower composed "balades" in the French fashion as well as three long poems, representing the trilingual status of the cultural and political elite of late fourteenth-century England. Mirour vis mere de l'Homme (Mirror of Man) (c.1376--78), a mammoth French poem of some 30,000 lines, deals with the seven deadly sins. Vox Clamantis (Voice of One Crying) (c.1379--81), in Latin, is a prophetic attack on contemporary political and social abuses in response to the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Gower's lengthy and occasionally dreary Middle English poem Confessio Amantis (Lover's Confession) (1390), portions of which influenced Chaucer, is set as an allegorical confession of the poet-lover to Genius, the priest of Venus. In 34,000 lines, he retells several classical love stories illustrating cupidity and the other deadly sins. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af John Gower

John Gower: Confessio Amantis (1390) 272 eksemplarer
The English works of John Gower (1970) 9 eksemplarer
The Complete Works Of John Gower (1899) 4 eksemplarer

Associated Works

The Canterbury Tales [Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed.] (2005) — Bidragyder — 626 eksemplarer
The Oxford Book of English Verse (1999) — Bidragyder — 469 eksemplarer
3 Plays: Cymbeline; Pericles; The Two Noble Kinsman (1986) — Bidragyder — 112 eksemplarer

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Kanonisk navn
Gower, John
Fødselsdato
1330 (about)
Dødsdag
1408-10
Begravelsessted
Southwark Cathedral, London, England, UK
Køn
male
Nationalitet
UK
Fødested
Kent, England
Dødssted
London, England
Bopæl
London, England (death)
Erhverv
Poet
Relationer
Chaucer, Geoffrey (friend)

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This wonderful story is a must-read for anyone interested in medieval studies or literature.
 
Markeret
TheBooknerd | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jul 3, 2010 |
Reprint. Orig. publ. New York : Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1966
 
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ME_Dictionary | 1 anden anmeldelse | Mar 19, 2020 |

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Værker
26
Also by
3
Medlemmer
356
Popularitet
#67,310
Vurdering
4.1
Anmeldelser
3
ISBN
42
Sprog
1
Udvalgt
2

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