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Gower, John
lived c. 1330-1408

John Gower was an English poet born between 1327 and 1330 to a wealthy family, possibly in Kent. He may have been a merchant or lawyer in London. Gower was a close friend of Geoffrey Chaucer and had contact with King Richard II. He wrote in French, Latin and English, and his major works are Mirroir de l’Omme, Vox Clamantis, and Confessio Amantis, which have similar moral and political themes. At the end of his life he went to live at the priory of St. Mary Overy. He went blind around 1400 and died in 1408. TLM

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OMSB Records by Gower, John:

• Macaulay, G. C., ed., The Complete Works of John Gower (Oxford: Clarendon Press. 4 vols., 1899-1902).
• Stoneman, Richard, ed., trans., Legends of Alexander the Great (London: J. M. Dent, 1994).
• Blamires, Alcuin, ed; Pratt, Karen ed.; Marx, C.W. ed., Woman Defamed and Woman Defended: An Anthology of Medieval Texts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992).
• Peck, Russell A., ed.; Galloway, Andrew, trans., Confessio Amantis (TEAMS Middle English Text Series. 3 vols. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1999).
• Horrox, Rosemary, trans., The Black Death (Manchester Medieval Sources Series, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994).
• , Richard Hill's Book (Early Manuscripts at Oxford University Website. Oxford University, 2000).
• Macaulay, George Campbell, ed., Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins (Project Gutenberg, 1995).