01814cam a22003613u 4500 266 UtSlPG 20260610133029.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Gower, John, 1325?-1408 Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessio_Amantis Release date is 2008-07-03 Douglas B. Killings, Diane M. Brendan and David Widger "Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins" by John Gower is a 33,000-line Middle English poem composed between 1386 and 1390. An aging lover confesses to Venus's chaplain, creating a framework for dozens of narrative tales. Commissioned by King Richard II, this work stands among the greatest achievements of late 14th-century English literature. Written in plain style with octosyllabic couplets, it was one of the most copied manuscripts before printing, rivaling Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in popularity and sharing several stories with it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Courtly love -- Poetry Christian poetry, English (Middle) Love poetry, English (Middle) Christian ethics -- Poetry Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/266 42394 42394