The Gods of Love in Ancient and Medieval Literature as Background of John Gower's "Confessio Amantis"
- Author/Editor
- Williams, Lynn Flinckinger.
- Title
- The Gods of Love in Ancient and Medieval Literature as Background of John Gower's "Confessio Amantis"
- Published
- Williams, Lynn Flinckinger. "The Gods of Love in Ancient and Medieval Literature as Background of John Gower's 'Confessio Amantis'." Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, 1967. Dissertation Abstracts International 28 A4193.
- Review
- Shows how the gods of love are treated in the School of Chartres, Alanus de Insulis, Jean de Meun, Ovid, and courtly love tradition. Gods are basically negative for Gower, but also sometime represent Caritas as well as Cupiditas. [RFY1981]
- Date
- 1967
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Amantis