"Confessio Auctoris": Confessional Poetics and Authority in the Literature of Late Medieval England, 1350--1450.

Author / Editor
Lee, Jenny Veronica.

Title
"Confessio Auctoris": Confessional Poetics and Authority in the Literature of Late Medieval England, 1350--1450.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International A74.02 (2013): n.p.

Description
Investigates how Chaucer, Gower, Langland, Usk, and Hoccleve use confessional discourse to challenge Latinity and "authorize their own literary productions." Includes discussion of the "self-abasing literary self-portrayals as penitents" found in Chaucer's LGW and Gower's "Confessio Amantis."

Chaucer Subjects
Legend of Good Women