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Article: Fathers and Daughters in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis': Authority, Family, State, and Writing.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- January 1, 2003
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Fathers and Daughters in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis': Authority, Family, State, and Writing. By MARIA BULLON-FERNANDEZ. (Publications of the John Gower Society) Cambridge: Brewer. 2000. viii+241 pp. 50 [pounds sterling]; $90. ISBN 0-85991-578-6.
In her exploration of father-daughter relationships in John Gower's Confessio Amantis, Maria Bullon-Fernandez sheds important new light on a poet whose stock continues to rise as critics increasingly come to understand how sophisticated and artistically adroit his handling of moral, social, and political issues can be. Gower does not shy away from complex, difficult subjects. Largely through an analysis of power relationships ...