Routledge Research Companion to John Gower

Ana Sáez-Hidalgo is Associate Professor at the Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.Brian Gastle is Professor of English at Western Carolina University, USA.R.F. Yeager is Professor of English at the University of West Florida, USA.

"This impressive work is the most comprehensive monograph on Gower up to date."- Amanda Roi-Marin, University of Cambridge, UK"The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower is a rich contribution to the ¿eld of Gower studies, one whose scope is laudably ambitious. Among the collection’s strengths are its efforts to foreground the trilingual, transnational, and manuscript contexts of the po-et’s work and legacy. These chapters offer an invitation to new conversations and suggest av-enues for future research. Gower studies, as this collection witnesses, continues to grow, transform, and respond to contemporary scholarly concerns; the poet’s multilingual legacy, now as much as ever, occupies a meaningful place in our ¿eld in the midst of a mutable, di-vided, and ever-renewing world."- Sarah V. Torres, University of Virginia, USA, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies

• CONTENTSList of Figures Introduction: Gower Scholarship Then and NowPART I - WORKING THEORIES: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN Gower and Theory: Old Books, New MattersJonathan Hsy, The George Washington University Gower and GenderMaría Bullón-Fernández, Seattle University Gower and RhetoricKim Zarins, California State University at Sacramento Gower’s ReligionsR.F. Yeager, University of West Florida John Gower and the Law: Legal Theory and PracticeConrad van Dyk, Concordia University of EdmontonPART II – THINGS AND PLACES: MATERIAL CULTURES John Gower’s Manuscripts in Middle EnglishJoe Fredell, Southeastern Louisiana University Gower’s French ManuscriptsCraig E. Bertolet, Auburn University Gower’s Latin ManuscriptsStephanie Batkie, University of the South Iberian Manuscripts of Gower’s WorksAna Sáez-Hidalgo, University of Valladolid Illuminations in Gower’s ManuscriptsJoyce Coleman, University of Oklahoma Gower’s SouthwarkMartha Carlin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Gower’s CourtsMatthew Giancarlo, University of Kentucky Gower, Business, and EconomyRoger Ladd, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Gower and ScienceRussell A. Peck, University of Rochester Gower’s Reception, 1400–1700Robert R. Edwards, Pennsylvania State University Iberian GowerClara Pascual-Argente, Rhodes CollegePART III – POLYVOCALITY: TEXT AND LANGUAGE Gower’s LanguagesTim Machan, University of Notre Dame Voices and NarratorsMatthew W. Irvin, University of the South Gower and the Forms of HistorySteele Nowlin, Hampden-Sydney College Gower’s Classicizing VocationsAndrew Galloway, Cornell University Gower and RomanceCorinne Saunders, Durham University Gower and ChaucerBrian Gastle, Western Carolina University The French Works: The BalladesPeter Nicholson, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The French Works: Mirour de l’OmmeCraig E. Bertolet, Auburn University English WorksYoshiko Kobayashi, University of Tokyo The Latin WorksRobert Meindl, California State University, SacramentoNotes on Contributors