Introduction I. Textual and literary genealogies 1. Gower and the Sublime Robert R. Edwards 2. John Gower and the Wycliffite Bible Michael P. Kuczynski 3. Confessio Peccatoris: Gower and the Influence of Handlyng Synne Lucy Turton 4. The Influence of Eustache Deschamps' "balades morales" in the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz Clotilde Dauphant 5.

John Gower's Word-Formations in Middle English: A Case Study of Confessio Amantis Kerstin Majewski II. Material texts and heritage 6. Northern Gower: How the Trentham Manuscript was Brought from Scotland Margaret Connolly 7. Adding and Subtracting: Dealing with Damage in Gower Manuscripts Si'n Echard 8. Thomas Tyrwhitt's copy of the Confessio Amantis: readings and annotations Ana Sáez-Hidalgo 9. John Gower and the Communities of Lay Tenants in London's Religious Houses Caroline M. Barron and Martha Carlin III. Morality, sacramentality 10.

Gower's Constantine: Between Hagiography and Morality Ann W. Astell 11. Gower's "Honeste Love" Revisited Alastair Minnis 12. Which Ovid Did Gower Use for the Confessio Amantis? Taylor Cowdery 13. Sacramental Views of Peace and Marriage in the Poems of the Trentham Manuscript Yoshiko Kobayashi 14. Touching Upon Sin: The "Tale of Acteon" as Primum Mobile for Gower's Confessio Amantis Brian Gastle Bibliography.