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Book SynopsisThe complete text of John Gower's
Confessio Amantis is a 3-volume edition, including all Latin components - with translations - of this bilingual poem and extensive glosses, bibliography, and explanatory notes. Volume 3 contains Books 5, 6, and 7, which follow another kind of development as Gower shifts from romance banter and formulaic confession to philosophical inquiry.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Confessio Amantis Book 5: Avarice
i. On Avarice
Tale of Midas
Punishment of Tantalus
Avarice: Jealousy of Lovers
Tale of Vulcan, Mars, and Venus
ii. Religions
The Chaldeans
The Egyptians
The Greeks
Idol Worship
The Jews
The Christians
iii. Covetousness
Tale of Virgil’s Mirror
Tale of the Two Coffers
Tale of the Beggars and the Two Pastries
Covetousness of Lovers
Tale of the King and His Steward’s Wife
iv. Perjury
Tale of Achilles and Deidamia
Tale of Jason and Medea
Tale of Phrixus and Helle
v. Usury
Tale of Echo
vi. Parsimony
Tale of Babio and Croceus
vii. Ingratitude
Tale of Adrian and Bardus
Tale of Theseus and Ariadne
viii. Rapacity
Tale of Tereus, Procne, and Philomena
ix. Robbery
Tale of Neptune and Cornix
Tale of Calistona
x. Virginity
Agamemnon and Criseide
xi. Stealth and Pilfering
Tale of Leucothoe
Tale of Hercules and Faunus
xii. Sacrilege
Sacrilegiousness of Lovers
Tale of Paris and Helen
xiii. Prodigality
Book 6: Gluttony
i. On Drunkenness
Drunkenness of Lovers
Tale of Jupiter and the Two Casks
Prayer of Bacchus in the Desert
Tristram and Isolde
Marriage of Pirithous
Tale of Galba and Vitellius
ii. Delicacy
Delicacy of Lovers
Tale of Dives and Lazarus
Nero’s Sensuality
iii. Sorcery and Witchcraft
Tale of Ulysses and Telegonus
Tale of Nectanabus
Zoroaster
Saul and the Witch
Alexander and Aristotle
Book 7: Education of the King
i. On Education: The Three Parts of Philosophy
ii. Theory, the First Part of Philosophy
Theology
Physics
Mathematics
iii. Four-fold Creation
Four Elements
Four Complexions
Four Servants of the Heart
Four Divisions of the World
iv. Astronomy
Seven Planets
Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
Fifteen Stars
Authors of Astronomy
v. Rhetoric, the Second Part of Philosophy
vi. Practice, the Third Part of Philosophy
vii. Truth, the First Part of Policy
Esdras on the King, Wine, Women, and Truth
Tale of Alcestis
viii. Largess, the Second Part of Policy
Tale of Julius and the Poor Knight
Tale of Antigonus and Cinichus
Flattery
Tale of Diogenes and Aristippus
Triumph, Humility, and the Roman Emperors
The Emperor and the Masons
Tale of Ahab and Micaiah
ix. Justice, the Third Part of Policy
Emperor Maximin
Gaius Fabricius
Emperor Conrad
Carmidotirus
Cambyses
Tale of Lycurgus
First Law-Givers
x. Pity, the Fourth Part of Policy
Tale of Codrus
Tale of Pompeius and the King of Armenia
Cruelty of Siculus
Dionysius and his Horse
Lichaon
Nobleness of the Lion
Tale of Spertachus and Thameris
Tale of the Mountain and the Mouse
A Time for War
Gideon
Saul and Agag
David and Joab
Solomon’s Wisdom
Courtiers and the Fool
Folly of Rehoboam
Wisdom and the King
xi. Chastity, the Fifth Part of Policy
Sardanapalus
David
Cyrus and the Lydians
Counsel of Balaam
Lecherous Solomon and the Division of the Kingdom
Tale of Tarquin and Aruns
Tale of the Rape of Lucrece
Tale of Virginia
Tale of Tobias and Sara
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Bibliography
Reference Index to Volume 3
Subject Index to Volumes 1–3
Bibliography
Glossary
