Online Editions

Modern English Translation

Confessio Amantis

• Gastle, Brian and Catherine Carter, trans. The Lover’s Confession: A Translation of John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis‘. With Latin Translations by Andrew Galloway. Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2023.

Original Language Editions

Complete Works

• Macaulay, George C., ed. The Complete Works of Gower. Oxford: Clarendon, 1899-1902. 4 vols.
  • HathiTrust maintains a page with links to open access scans of each of the 4 volumes,
    • Volume 1: The French Works
    • Volume 2: The English works (Confessio Amantis, Prol.-V.1970)
    • Volume 3: The English works (Confessio Amantis, V.1971-VIII ; and In Praise of Peace)
    • Volume 4: The Latin works

Confessio Amantis

• Complete Work
  Based on Macaulay (Oxford 1901) and provided by the Online Medieval and Classical Library
• Complete Work
  Ed. Russell A. Peck, Latin translations by Andrew Galloway (2004-2013). Provided by TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
  • Volume 1 (Prologue, Book 1, and Book 8)
  • Volume 2 (Books 2-4)
  • Volume 3 (Books 5-7)
• Selections
  Provided by Harvard’s Geoffrey Chaucer Website. All texts adapted from Macaulay, EETS e.s. 81-82 (London, 1900-01). Includes:
  • The Prologue
  • Gower in Love (Bk I, 93-202)
  • The Tale of Constance (Bk II, 587-612) (cf. Chaucer MLT)
  • The Tale of Florent (Bk II, 1407-1882) (cf. Chaucer WBT)
  • The Tale of Canace and Machaire (Bk III, 143-359)
  • The Tale of Phoebus and the Crow (Bk III, 783-817) (cf. Chaucer MancT)
  • John Gower on Alchemy (Bk IV, 451-632)
  • The Four Humors (or Complexions) (Bk VII, 380-520)
  • Gower’s Discussion of Astronomy (Bk VII, 625-1506)
  • The Tale of Virginia (Bk VII, 5131-5306) (cf. Chaucer PhysT)
  • Venus’ Farewell and Messsage to Chaucer (Bk VIII, 2814-2970)

Vox Clamantis

• ll.1015-1112 (excerpt)
  From Rand Johnson’s Medieval Latin Course – excerpted from Macaulay .

In Praise of Peace

• The Chaucerian Apocrypha. Ed. Kathleen Forni, TEAMS Middle English Texts Series, 2005 (Intro | Text)
• The Minor Latin Works with In Praise of Peace. Ed. Michael Livingston, TEAMS Middle English Texts Series, 2005 (Intro | Text)

Other Latin Works

• The Minor Latin Works with In Praise of Peace. Ed. R. F. Yeager, TEAMS Middle English Texts Series, 2005.

Traitié and the Cinkante Balades

• The French Balades. Ed. and trans. R. F. Yeager, TEAMS Middle English Texts Series, 2011.
• Cinkante Balades. Ed. and trans. Peter Nicholson, 2021.
• Traitié. Ed. and trans. Peter Nicholson, 2022.