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Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
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Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins is a Middle English poem by John Gower, written in plain style between 1386 and 1390. Composed in about 33,000 lines, it is framed around an aging lover’s confession to the chaplain of Venus, which provides the structure for dozens of narrative tales. The work was commissioned by King Richard II and is presented in octosyllabic couplets. It stands as one of the major achievements of late 14th-century English literature, notable for its wide manuscript circulation and for sharing several stories with Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
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