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Kingship and Common Profit in Gower's Confessio Amantis (Literary Structures) (Hardcover)

~ Russell A. Peck Ph.D. (Author), Mr. John Gardner (Editor)
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Confessio Amantis, the principal work in English by John Gower, friend of Chaucer, by whom he was influenced, has always been read as a conventional poem about the seven deadly sins. Here, paying particular attention to the poem’s language and style, Peck gives a brilliant new reinterpretation which not only illuminates the poem’s elegant beauty but provides a profound moral purpose as well.

 

Gower’s Confessio, according to Peck, is a restatement of late fourteenth-cen­tury ideas of good and bad behavior, and is designed to illuminate and re­shape the minds and hearts of men.

 

Peck sees the concepts of “kingship”—the governance of souls as well as king­doms—and “common profit”—the mutual enhancement of such king­doms—as the poem’s unifying ideas. Peck’s discussion further shows how the various tales hold together and support the poem’s loose plot and the poet’s strongly moral intention.



About the Author

Russell A. Peck is Professor of Eng­lish at the University of Rochester.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 232 pages
  • Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (October 1, 1978)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0809308010
  • ISBN-13: 978-0809308019
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,587,566 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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