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T1 Love and fortune in Book I of the "Confessio Amantis": controlling the uncontrollable
A1 Schieberle, Misty
A1 Filardo Llamas, Laura
A1 Gastle, Brian
A1 Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Marta María
A1 Sáez Hidalgo, Ana
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología Inglesa
AB This article explores the connections between the views of Love and Fortune in the Confessio Amantis and in works by Guillaume de Machaut. lt demonstrates Machaut's anti-Boethian views that the worthy lover may escape Fortune's control through the exercise of virtue and applies those views to Gower's presentation of both love and political fortunes. In the Prologue and Book I, in particular, Gower establishes Love and Fortune as essentially interchangeable, preparing the reader to understand each as the product of reciprocal relationships between people, rather than the result of Fortune or Love capriciously turning a wheel. The Confessio thus aims to enable readers to adopt virtuous behaviors, not to court love but rather to court good fortune more broadly.
SN 0210-9689
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17243
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17243
LA spa
NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2012, N.33, pags.81-96
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-nov-2024