Description: John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the C14th. Within its frame of the lovesick lover's confession are well over a hundred stories which exemplify the Middle Ages. This is the first translation of the entire (33,000-line) Middle English poem, including its Latin verses
Brief description: Brian Gastle is Professor of English at Western Carolina University, co-editor of the MLA Approaches to Teaching Gower, and the 2020 recipient of the Gower Society's Fisher Award. Catherine Carter is a Professor of English at Western Carolina University, an award-winning poet, and author of three books of poems with LSU Press.