Vox Clamantis by John Gower: "The Voice of One Crying"

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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The first English translation into verse of the full Vox Clamantis, with explanatory notes.WINNER: John Hurt Fisher Award 2026 (The International Gower Society)John Gower's Vox Clamantis is one of the major poetic achievements of the Middle Ages. Its subject matter ranges from his dream-vision account of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 to sharp critiques of the clergy, merchants, and lawyers, all with the intention of teaching the lessons of the past as a guide to the present. In Gower's view, everything that is and happens must be read and interpreted for the guidance God provides: history, Scripture and nature are replete with auguries sent by God to guide rulers if they but learn to read them. Ultimately for Gower, rulers - and we ourselves - are responsible for our own choices, for good or ill.This line-by-line translation from the original Latin into Modern English is intended for a wide audience, and to be easily readable by scholars and non-scholars alike. It replicates Gower's Latin meter as closely as possible in English, uses straightforward language, and clarifies many difficult points of medieval legal theory, Classical allusion, and theological interpretation heretofore left unexplained in any previous attempts, full or partial, to translate the poem. Extensive notes trace Gower's sources, from Ovid to Peter Riga's Aurora to Alexander Nequam's De Naturis rerum to Nigel Wireker's Speculum Stultorum and the Bible, among many others. Classical and Biblical allusions are identified and fully but succinctly explained. This book also includes the "Letter to Arundel", translated in verse for the first time.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-09-02
Mått:156 x 234 x 31 mm
Vikt:798 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Publications of the John Gower Society
Antal sidor:430
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781843847540
Översättare:Robert Robert Meindl

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ROBERT J. MEINDL is Emeritus Professor of English, California State University, Sacramento. MARK T. RILEY is Emeritus Professor of Classics, California State University, Sacramento. R.F. YEAGER is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Language, University of West Florida.

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Acknowledgements List of AbbreviationsNote on the TranslationGeneral Introduction Book I [Visio Anglie] Text Explanatory Notes Book II Text Explanatory Notes Book III Text Explanatory Notes Book IVText Explanatory Notes Book V Text Explanatory Notes Book VIText Explanatory Notes Book VII TextExplanatory Notes Appendix 1: Epistle to ArundelEpistle Explanatory NotesAppendix 2: Known Manuscripts of the Vox ClamantisBibliographyFurther Reading

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