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English poet. Make friends with Chaucer and get asylum from Henry IV. The content of the work is mainly moral and ethical allegorical preaching. Among them are the French poem "Mirror of the Thinker" (1376 ~ 1379), the Latin poem "Voice of the caller" (1382), and the English poem "Repentance of a Lover" (1390).

John Gower

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English poet. Friend with Chaucer and get

Human Mirror Mirours de l'homme (o Speculum medetandis)

Vox clamantis

Confessio amantis

Written in Latin, French and English.

Content and evaluation

In "The Mirror of Humanity", Gower described the social environment at the time, and believed that the degeneration of morality afflicted human nature, and only believe in Mary can be redeemed.

The Voice of the Caller reflects the peasant uprising of 1381 and the corruption of the court at that time. The book, "Guide to English Literature Guide and Exam," evaluates the book as: "As a nobleman, Gore, the peasant uprising caused a lot of loss of his property, which inspired his hatred for the insurgents. In this poem, Gaoer scolded the insurgents and compared them to beasts against humanity. At the same time, he also exposed the ruling class's crimes when he examined the reasons for the peasant uprisings. Incurring God's punishment. Because of class limitations, Gore has not been able to understand the real cause of the peasant uprising and their suffering, so it has obvious limitations. "

"A lover's confession" is the latest of these three books. Gower's writing began in 1386. This book still retains Gault's style of moral discipline, but compared to the previous two Work, the style of pain and horror in this book has been alleviated. The protagonist of the book, Amans, is the incarnation of the author. When Amans asked Venere to relieve his love of acacia, his goddess confessed to the penitent priest Genus. When Father Genus listened to Amans' confession, after giving him moral counsel, he gave a series of examples of the seven deadly sins. These examples show the higher realm of morality and love by controlling passion and impulse. Amans followed the priest's advice and stated at the end of the book that his acacia suffering had been cured. The book is evaluated in Breve storia della letteratura inglese (A Brief History of British Literature): "This book is fluent in writing, beautiful and melodious, and has achieved extraordinary success in the two centuries after writing. In 1483, together with the above two Together, it was published by the well-known publisher William Caxton and became the inspiration for Shakespeare's play "Pericle, Prince of Tyre"