The Lover’s Confession
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The Lover’s Confession is a Middle English narrative poem by John Gower that explores love and morality through a series of tales framed as a lover’s dialogue with the personified figure of Genius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lover’s Confession canonical | 2 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English narrative poem
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frame tale ⓘ |
| associatedMonarch |
King Richard II of England
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surface form:
Richard II of England
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| author | John Gower ⓘ |
| authorBirthName | John Gower ⓘ |
| authorInstanceOf |
English poet
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medieval moralist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| explores |
ethical dimensions of love
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relationship between love and morality ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Genius ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| frameCharacter |
Genius
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a lover ⓘ |
| GeniusAllegoryOf |
moral guidance
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reason ⓘ |
| GeniusRole | confessor ⓘ |
| genre |
courtly love literature
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didactic literature ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasMoralFunction | moral instruction through exempla ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian moral teaching
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courtly love tradition ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Ricardian poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
confession
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love ⓘ morality ⓘ sin ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | dialogue between lover and Genius ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Confessio Amantis ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Speculum Meditantis
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Vox Clamantis ⓘ |
| structure | series of framed tales ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Lover’s Confession self-link ⓘ |
| usesDevice | exemplum tales ⓘ |
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