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Record Number: 9508 Author(s)/Creator(s): Watt , Diane. Contributor(s): Title: Consuming Passions in Book VIII of John Gower's "Confessio Amantis" [The author argues that the various "appetites" condemned by Gower (incest, latent homosexuality, and female desire) are part of a mirror for princes guide to proper manly behavior that emphasizes the control of sexuality. Title note supplied by Feminae.] Source: Consuming Narrative: Gender and Monstrous Appetite in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.  Edited by Liz Herbert McAvoy and Teresa Walters.  University of Wales Press, 2002.  Pages 28 - 41. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Advice for Princes, Literary Genre Gender in Literature Gower, John, Poet- Confessio Amantis- Apollonius of Tyre Episode Handbooks Incest in Literature Literature- Verse Psychoanalytic Theory Sexuality in Literature Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 14 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: One Figure. Figure One Manuscript illumination of Antiochus and his daughter with Apollonius, "Confessio amantis" (New York, Pierpont Morgan MS M126, fol.187v). Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Wales, Aberystwyth Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2002. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: Not Available

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