03253nam 2200589Ia 450 991045184490332120200520144314.094-012-0397-01-4294-8096-310.1163/9789401203975(CKB)1000000000475321(EBL)556903(OCoLC)714568435(SSID)ssj0000267041(PQKBManifestationID)11204806(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267041(PQKBWorkID)10332832(PQKB)10235462(MiAaPQ)EBC556903(OCoLC)166342458(OCoLC)608024734(OCoLC)714568435(OCoLC)764536191(OCoLC)961553707(OCoLC)962615643(nllekb)BRILL9789401203975(Au-PeEL)EBL556903(CaPaEBR)ebr10380350(EXLCZ)99100000000047532120070323d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVenus' owne clerk[electronic resource] Chaucer's debt to the Confessio amantis /B.W. LindeboomAmsterdam ;New York, NY Rodopi20071 online resource (486 p.)Costerus,0165-9618 ;new ser., 167Description based upon print version of record.90-420-2150-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chaucer’s Changing Design of the Canterbury Tales -- Towards Composing a Testament of Love -- The Sergeant and Man of Law as Gower -- The Testament of Love -- Confession, Sin and the Wife of Bath -- The Pardoner’s Confession of Sin -- The Wife of Bath’s Sermon -- The Pardoner’s Double Sermon -- Conclusion -- Reference.Venus’ Owne Clerk: Chaucer’s Debt to the “Confessio Amantis” will appeal to all those who value a bit of integration of Chaucer and Gower studies. It develops the unusual theme that the Canterbury Tales were signally influenced by John Gower’s Confessio Amantis , resulting in a set-up which is entirely different from the one announced in the General Prologue . Lindeboom seeks to show that this results from Gower’s call, at the end of his first redaction of the Confessio , for a work similar to his – a testament of love . Much of the argument centres upon the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner, who are shown to follow Gower’s lead by both engaging in confessing to all the Seven Deadly Sins while preaching a typically fourteenth-century sermon at the same time. While not beyond speculation at times, the author offers his readers a well-documented and tantalizing glimpse of Chaucer turning away from his original concept for the Canterbury Tales and realigning them along lines far closer to Gower.Costerus ;new ser., v. 167.LiteratureHistory and criticismElectronic books.LiteratureHistory and criticism.821/.109Lindeboom B. W(Benjamin Willem)1029284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451844903321Venus' owne clerk2445590UNINA