Confessio Amantis
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| Originally published | 1389 |
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| Authors | John Gower |
| Original language | Middle English |
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| ID | 2461650 |
About Confessio Amantis
Confessio Amantis is a 33,000-line Middle English poem by John Gower, which uses the confession made by an ageing lover to the chaplain of Venus as a frame story for a collection of shorter narrative poems. According to its prologue, it was composed at the request of Richard II.
