John Gower's Shaping of "The Tale of Constance" as an "Exemplum contra" of Envy
- Author / Editor
- Jamison, Carol.
John Gower's Shaping of "The Tale of Constance" as an "Exemplum contra" of Envy
- Published
- Richard G. Newhauser and Susan J. Ridyard, eds. Sin in Medieval and Early Modern Culture: The Tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins (Woodbridge: The University of York/York Medieval Press, 2012), pp. 239-59.
- Description
- Uses MLT and Trevet's version of the Constance story to show how Gower "infused" his Constance story in the "Confessio Amantis" with "pastoral rhetoric in order to transform Constance into a representative of Charity" and thereby offer an "'exemplum in bono' that presents Charity as remedy to Envy." Treats MLT as a "secular saint's legend," characterized by "elevated rhetoric" that heightens Constance's plight and her "patient suffering."
- Contributor
- Richard G. Newhauser, ed.
Susan J. Ridyard, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Sin in Medieval and Early Modern Culture: The Tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale
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