Confessio Amantis

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Confessio Amantis is a lengthy Middle English poem by John Gower that blends moral instruction with a wide array of narrative tales framed as a lover’s confession.

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Confessio Amantis canonical 18
Books 1–8 of Confessio Amantis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English poem ⓘ
frame tale ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
alternateName The Lover’s Confession ⓘ
author John Gower ⓘ
centralTheme confession ⓘ
ethics of love ⓘ
love ⓘ
morality ⓘ
commissionedBy Richard II of England ⓘ
completionDate c. 1390 ⓘ
contains biblical stories ⓘ
exempla drawn from classical sources ⓘ
medieval legends ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateWritten late 14th century ⓘ
dedicatedTo Richard II of England ⓘ
featuresCharacter Genius ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
genre courtly love literature ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
moral allegory ⓘ
hasPart Book 1 ⓘ
Book 2 ⓘ
Book 3 ⓘ
Book 4 ⓘ
Book 5 ⓘ
Book 6 ⓘ
Book 7 ⓘ
Book 8 ⓘ
Prologue ⓘ
inception c. 1386 ⓘ
influenced later English moral and narrative poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Bible ⓘ
Ovid ⓘ
courtly love tradition ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
laterDedicatedTo Henry of Lancaster ⓘ
length over 30,000 lines ⓘ
literaryMovement Ricardian poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ricardian poets
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
mainCharacter Amans ⓘ
manuscriptTradition survives in numerous medieval manuscripts ⓘ
narrativeFrame lover’s confession to Genius ⓘ
notableFor blend of moral instruction and narrative tales ⓘ
extensive use of exempla ⓘ
relatively clear Middle English style ⓘ
setting allegorical court of Venus ⓘ
structure series of tales organized by the Seven Deadly Sins ⓘ

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Mirour de l’Omme → followedBy → Confessio Amantis ⓘ
The Regiment of Princes → relatedWork → Confessio Amantis ⓘ
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre → sourceWork → Confessio Amantis ⓘ
Liber II → associatedWork → Confessio Amantis ⓘ
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