Bakalian Aspects of Love in John Gower's Confessio Amantis

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-87991-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bakalian, Ellen S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: The Struggle between Nature and Reason in Gower's Confessio Amantis Tale of Albinus and Rosemund Tale of Pyramus and Thisbe Conclusion Chapter Two: Marriage and the Four Wives Tale of Penelope Tale of Alceone Tale of Alcestis Tale of Lucrece Conclusion Chapter Three: The Love Relationships of the Forsaken Women Tale of Deianira Tale of Medea Tale of Dido Tale of Phyllis Tale of Ariadne Conclusion Chapter Four: Lovesickness in the Confessio Amantis Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

An independent medieval scholar who holds a doctorate in English and American Literature from New York University, Ellen S. Bakalian also has one foot firmly planted in the world of journalism. Her articles have appeared in The New Yorker and Ladies Home Journal. She also writes for the A&E's literary website, creating teaching guides for their adaptations of literary classics.