Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by John Gower
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"Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins" by John Gower is a 33,000-line Middle English poem composed between 1386 and 1390. An aging lover confesses to Venus's chaplain, creating a framework for dozens of narrative tales. Commissioned by King Richard II, this work stands among the greatest achievements of late 14th-century English literature. Written in plain style with octosyllabic couplets, it was one of the most copied manuscripts before printing,
rivaling Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in popularity and sharing several stories with it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gower, John, 1325?-1408 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915 |
| Title | Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessio_Amantis |
| Credits | Douglas B. Killings, Diane M. Brendan and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Courtly love -- Poetry |
| Subject | Christian poetry, English (Middle) |
| Subject | Love poetry, English (Middle) |
| Subject | Christian ethics -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 266 |
| Release Date | Jul 3, 2008 |
| Last Update | Aug 21, 2022 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1074 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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