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An introduction to Gower and his work, focusing on his sources, historical context and literary tradition; special attention is paid to Confessio Amantis.
Chaucer, Gower and Lydgate were the three poets of their time considered to have founded the English poetic tradition. Gower, like Lydgate, eventually fell victim to changing tastes but is now enjoying renewed scholarly attention.Current work in manuscript studies, linguistic studies, vernacularity, translation, politics, and the contexts of literary production has found a rich source in Gower's trilingual, learned, and politically engaged corpus. This Companion to Gower offers essays by scholars from Britain and North America, covering Gower's works in all three of his languages; they consider his relationships to his literary sources, and to his social, material and historical contexts; and they offer an overview of the manuscript, linguistic, and editorial traditions. Five essays concentrate specifically on the Confessio Amantis, Gower's major Middle English work, reading it in terms of its relationship to vernacular and classical models, its poetic style, and its treatment of such themes as politics, kingship, gender, sexuality, authority, authorship and self-governance. A reference bibliography, arranged as a chronologyof criticism, concludes the volume.
Contributors J.A. BURROW, ARDIS BUTTERFIELD, NATHALIE COHEN, E.H. COOPER, SIAN ECHARD, ROBERT EPSTEIN, JOHN HINES, EDWARD MOORE, DEREK PEARSALL, RUSSELL PECK, A.G. RIGG, SIMON ROFFEY, JEREMY J. SMITH, DIANE WATT, WINTHROP WETHERBEE, ROBERT F. YEAGER.
SIAN ECHARD is associate professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia.
The Companion can serve as an introduction to Gower and his works for the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, and the essays will also be of interest to experts in Middle English studies and in Gower.
Chaucer, Gower and Lydgate were the three poets of their time considered to have founded the English poetic tradition. Gower, like Lydgate, eventually fell victim to changing tastes but is now enjoying renewed scholarly attention.Current work in manuscript studies, linguistic studies, vernacularity, translation, politics, and the contexts of literary production has found a rich source in Gower's trilingual, learned, and politically engaged corpus. This Companion to Gower offers essays by scholars from Britain and North America, covering Gower's works in all three of his languages; they consider his relationships to his literary sources, and to his social, material and historical contexts; and they offer an overview of the manuscript, linguistic, and editorial traditions. Five essays concentrate specifically on the Confessio Amantis, Gower's major Middle English work, reading it in terms of its relationship to vernacular and classical models, its poetic style, and its treatment of such themes as politics, kingship, gender, sexuality, authority, authorship and self-governance. A reference bibliography, arranged as a chronologyof criticism, concludes the volume.
Contributors J.A. BURROW, ARDIS BUTTERFIELD, NATHALIE COHEN, E.H. COOPER, SIAN ECHARD, ROBERT EPSTEIN, JOHN HINES, EDWARD MOORE, DEREK PEARSALL, RUSSELL PECK, A.G. RIGG, SIMON ROFFEY, JEREMY J. SMITH, DIANE WATT, WINTHROP WETHERBEE, ROBERT F. YEAGER.
SIAN ECHARD is associate professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia.
The Companion can serve as an introduction to Gower and his works for the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, and the essays will also be of interest to experts in Middle English studies and in Gower.
Price: $36.95
Pages: 272
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: D.S.Brewer
Publication Date:
18 March 2010
Trim Size: 9.29 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781843842446
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary studies: poetry and poets
A welcome addition to the shelf of essay collections on Gower, in large part because of its scope.
Iohannes Gower, Armiger, Poeta: Records and Memorials of his Life and Death [with Nathalie Cohen and Simon Roffey] - John Hines
Iohannes Gower, Armiger, Poeta: Records and Memorials of his Life and Death [with Nathalie Cohen and Simon Roffey] - Simon Roffey
Iohannes Gower, Armiger, Poeta: Records and Memorials of his Life and Death [with Nathalie Cohen and Simon Roffey] - Nathalie Cohen
London, Southwark, Westminster: Gower's Urban Contexts - Robert Epstein
John Gower and London English - Jeremy J Smith
The Manuscripts and Illustrations of Gower's Work - Derek Pearsall
Gower after the Middle Ages I: 'This worthy olde writer': Pericles and other Gowers, 1592-1640 - Helen Cooper
Gower after the Middle Ages II: Gower in print - Sian Echard
The French Works: John Gower's French - Robert F Yeager
The Latin Works: Politics, Lament and Praise [with Ted Moore] - Edward Moore
The Confessio and the French Tradition - Ardis Butterfield
Classical and Boethian Tradition in the Confessio Amantis - Winthrop Wetherbee
Gender and Sexuality in Confessio Amantis - Diane Watt
The Politics and Psychology of Governance in Gower: Ideas of Kingship and Real Kings - Russell Peck
Gower's Poetic Styles - John A. Burrow
Iohannes Gower, Armiger, Poeta: Records and Memorials of his Life and Death [with Nathalie Cohen and Simon Roffey] - Simon Roffey
Iohannes Gower, Armiger, Poeta: Records and Memorials of his Life and Death [with Nathalie Cohen and Simon Roffey] - Nathalie Cohen
London, Southwark, Westminster: Gower's Urban Contexts - Robert Epstein
John Gower and London English - Jeremy J Smith
The Manuscripts and Illustrations of Gower's Work - Derek Pearsall
Gower after the Middle Ages I: 'This worthy olde writer': Pericles and other Gowers, 1592-1640 - Helen Cooper
Gower after the Middle Ages II: Gower in print - Sian Echard
The French Works: John Gower's French - Robert F Yeager
The Latin Works: Politics, Lament and Praise [with Ted Moore] - Edward Moore
The Confessio and the French Tradition - Ardis Butterfield
Classical and Boethian Tradition in the Confessio Amantis - Winthrop Wetherbee
Gender and Sexuality in Confessio Amantis - Diane Watt
The Politics and Psychology of Governance in Gower: Ideas of Kingship and Real Kings - Russell Peck
Gower's Poetic Styles - John A. Burrow