Gower's Chronicles of Invention: Historiography and Productive Poetry in Book 4 of the Confessio Amantis.
A literary criticism of the book "Confessio Amantis" by John Gower is presented. It states that Gower uses chronicles in his poems not only as narrative material but also as exemplary instruction. It highlights that chronicles used in the book have been problematic for critics who have termed them a...
| Publicado en: | Modern Philology Vol. 110; no. 2; pp. 182 - 202 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Chicago Press
Nov2012
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism of the book "Confessio Amantis" by John Gower is presented. It states that Gower uses chronicles in his poems not only as narrative material but also as exemplary instruction. It highlights that chronicles used in the book have been problematic for critics who have termed them as digressive. It mentions that chronicles reflects on edificatory program, which is part of medieval historiography. |
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