Gower, Ovid, and the "Religion" of Courtly Love: The Shaping of the "Confessio Amantis."

Author/Editor
McNally, John D.

Title
Gower, Ovid, and the "Religion" of Courtly Love: The Shaping of the "Confessio Amantis."

Published
McNally, John D. "Gower, Ovid, and the 'Religion' of Courtly Love: The Shaping of the 'Confessio Amantis'." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Chicago, 1961.

Review
In the CA, traditions of penitential literature and secular amorous verse, rooted in the classical tradition, come together to provide the shaping structure for the poem. [RFY1981]

Date
1961

Gower Subjects
Confessio Amantis
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations