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John Gower

The Complete Works of John GowerThis Complete Collection includes the following titles:--------1 - Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins2 - The complete works of John Gower, volume 13 - The complete works of John Gower, volume 24 - The complete works of John Gower, volume 3

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John Gower

John Gower (c. 1330 October 1408) was an English poet and a friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. He is remembered primarily for three major works, the Mirroir de l'Omme, Vox Clamantis, and Confessio Amantis, three long poems written in French, Latin, and English respectively, which are united by common moral and political themes. Few details are known of Gower's early life, but he was well acquainted with the nobility of his day, including Richard II, who is mentioned in Confessio Amantis. Perhaps ...

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John Gower

Of hem that writen ous tofore The bokes duelle, and we therfore Ben tawht of that was write tho: Forthi good is that we also In oure tyme among ous hiere Do wryte of newe som matiere, Essampled of these olde wyse So that it myhte in such a wyse, Whan we ben dede and elleswhere, Beleve to the worldes eere In tyme comende after this. Bot for men sein, and soth it is, That who that al of wisdom writ It dulleth ofte a mannes wit To him that schal it aldai rede, For thilke cause, if that ye red...

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John Gower

The publication of this book may most conveniently be explained by a short account of the circumstances which brought it about. While engaged some years ago in studying the Chaucer manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, I incidentally turned my attention also to those of the Confessio Amantis. The unsatisfactory character of the existing editions of that poem was sufficiently well known, and it was generally recognized that the printed text could not safely be referred to by philologists, ex...

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John Gower

In Confessio Amantis, John Gower's Confessor begins by exposing Covetousness as a force that corrupts conscience, law, and justice, making the strong prey on the weak and turning wealth into the only measure of worth. That warning unfolds through vivid exempla: the Tale of Virgil's Mirror shows how greed blinds Emperor Crassus, destroys Rome's safeguard, and brings ruin on both city and ruler, while stories of two coffers and two pasties reveal how fortune and judgment can expose the diffe...

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John Gower

John Gower's Confessio Amantis stands as one of the great monuments of medieval English literature: a widely read, much admired poem that helped shape the prestige of English itself. Edited with scholarly care, it was long praised for its pure style, moral authority, and influence on writers from Hoccleve and Caxton to Sidney and the stage of Pericles, often placing Gower beside Chaucer as a foundational English voice. Yet his lasting appeal rests not only on reputation but on craft. In th...

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John Gower, Jared Covington

In 'Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins,' John Gower presents a rich tapestry of morality tales framed within a confession narrative, reflecting the prevalent scholastic thought of the late 14th century. Written in Middle English, the text employs a blend of allegory and personal reflection, inviting readers into a dialogue between the poet and a personified figure of repentance. The work is structured around the confessions of Amans, a lover seeking absolution for his si...

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John Gower, Tessa Dunleigh

John Gower's Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins is a vast Middle English poem that frames moral instruction within the confession of an aging lover to Genius, priest of Venus. Organized around the seven deadly sins, its exemplary tales draw on classical myth, biblical history, romance, and medieval chronicle. Written in lucid octosyllabic couplets, the work stands beside Chaucer's poetry as a major achievement of late fourteenth-century English literature. Gower, a learn...

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John Gower

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John Gower

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Delphi Poets Series

The contemporary and personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer, the English poet John Gower produced works in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory. ‘Confessio Amantis’, Gower’s greatest English poem, is a collection of exemplary tales of love, whereby Venus’ priest, Genius, instructs the poet, Amans, in the art of both courtly and Christian love. The stories derive from classical and medieval sources and are told with a tender, restrained narrative style. The Delphi Poets Ser...

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John C. Gower, Sugnet Gardner Lubbe, Niel J. Le Roux

Biplots are a graphical method for simultaneously displaying two kinds of information; typically, the variables and sample units described by a multivariate data matrix or the items labelling the rows and columns of a two-way table. This book aims to popularize what is now seen to be a useful and reliable method for the visualization of multidimensional data associated with, for example, principal component analysis, canonical variate analysis, multidimensional scaling, multiplicative inte...

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John O'Hara

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Christian Camargo

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Penguin Audio Classics

The writer whom Fran Lebowitz compared to the author of The Great Gatsby, calling him “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald,” makes his Penguin Classics debut with this beautiful deluxe edition of his best-loved book.One of the great novels of small-town American life, Appointment in Samarra is John O’Hara’s crowning achievement. In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. A...