First translation of the entire Middle English poem A seminal English poet of the Middle Ages, contemporary of William Langland and Geoffrey Chaucer
John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the C14th. Within its frame of the lovesick lover's confession are well over a hundred stories which exemplify the Middle Ages. This is the first translation of the entire (33,000-line) Middle English poem, including its Latin verses and glosses.
John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the fourteenth century. Within its frame of the lovesick lover's confession are well over a hundred stories, mainly derived from classical mythology, the Bible, and history which exemplify the Middle Ages. Echoing the octosyllabic line of the original, this is the first translation of the entire (33,000-line) Middle English poem, including its Latin verses and glosses.
Brian Gastle is Professor of English at Western Carolina University, co-editor of the MLA Approaches to Teaching Gower, and the 2020 recipient of the Gower Society's Fisher Award.
Catherine Carter is a Professor of English at Western Carolina University, an award-winning poet, and author of three books of poems with LSU Press.
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