Moral+philosopher

  • 131Confessio amantis —    by John Gower (ca. 1390)    Confessio amantis (The Lover’s Confession) is the last major work by the English poet John GOWER. Completed in about 1390, the poem is Gower’s only major text in English, consisting of some 33,000 lines in… …

    Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • 132Mirour de l’Omme — (Speculum hominis, Speculum meditantis)    by John Gower (ca. 1376–1379)    The Mirour de l’Omme (The Mirror of Mankind) is a lengthy moral treatise in French verse. It is the earliest significant work of the major English poet John Gower, and,… …

    Encyclopedia of medieval literature