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- Title
Gower's Boat, Richard's Barge, and the True Story of the Confessio Amantis: Text and Gloss.
- Authors
Grady, Frank
- Abstract
Describes the prologue to the first version of John Gower's poem 'Confessio Amantis' as the most famous patronage episode in Middle English writing. Gower's claim of having received the commission for the work from Richard II himself; Gower's relationship with his contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer; Critics' traditional view of Chaucer's own court affiliations; Persona of Richard II that Gower creates.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; CONFESSIO Amantis (Poem); GOWER, John, ca. 1325-1408; MIDDLE English literature; POLITICS &; literature; CRITICISM
- Publication
Texas Studies in Literature & Language, 2002, Vol 44, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0040-4691
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/tsl.2002.0003