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Gower's Confessio Amantis
A Critical Anthology
Inbunden, 1991
1430 kr
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Eleven essays by influential scholars (from C.S. Lewis to A.J. Minnis] provide an introduction for students to Gower's Confessio Amantisand its important criticism.This collection gathers in one place the essays that have done most to shape the modern critical discussion of the Confessio Amantis, …
Fathers and Daughters in Gower's Confessio Amantis
Authority, Family, State, and Writing
Inbunden, 2000
1416 kr
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Gower's preoccupation with the authority of fathers (and of kings) employed to illustrate his relation to his text.Fathers and daughters are central to some of the most significant tales in Gower's poem. Using feminist and anthropological approaches, Bullon-Fernandez argues that father-daughter …
Gower's Vulgar Tongue: Ovid, Lay Religion, and English Poetry in the Confessio Amantis
Inbunden, 2011
1493 kr
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Why did Gower choose to write his most famous poem in English? New insights into his purpose and the context and tradition of the poem are presented here.After establishing his reputation as a literary author by means of his French and Latin verse, Gower came to recognize the possibilities which …
John Gower, Poetry and Propaganda in Fourteenth-Century England
Inbunden, 2012
1418 kr
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WINNER: 2013 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title AwardJohn Gower's works examined as part of a tradition of "official" writings on behalf of the Crown.John Gower has been criticised for composing verse propaganda for the English state, in support of the regime of Henry IV, at the end of his …
John Gower in England and Iberia
Manuscripts, Influences, Reception
Av Ana Saez-Hidalgo, R F Yeager
Inbunden, 2014
1493 kr
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Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries.John Gower's great poem, the Confessio Amantis, was the first work of English literature translated into …
Poetic Voices of John Gower
Politics and Personae in the Confessio Amantis
Inbunden, 2014
1493 kr
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An examination of Gower's skilful deployment of personae in his works, showing the parallels between the way he treats love, and the way he treats politics.Gower's use of the persona, the figure of the writer implicated in the text, is the main theme of this book. While it traces the development of …
John Gower and the Limits of the Law
Inbunden, 2013
1418 kr
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An examination of the ways in which Gower's poetry engages with contemporary law and legal questions.It has long been thought that John Gower was probably a lawyer before turning to poetry, and this study reveals his active engagement with contemporary legal debates; they include constitutional …
John Gower: Others and the Self
Inbunden, 2017
1938 kr
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New essays on aspects of Gower's poetry, viewed through the lens of the self and beyond.The topics of "selfhood" and "otherness" lie at the heart of these new assessments of John Gower's poetry. The first part of the book, on knowing the self and others, focuses on cognition, brain functions, …
Historians on John Gower
Inbunden, 2019
443 kr
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John Gower's poetry offers an important and immediate response to the turbulent events of his day. The essays here examine his life and his works from an historical angle, bringing out fresh new insights.The late fourteenth century was the age of the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred …
Studies in the Age of Gower
A Festschrift in Honour of R.F. Yeager
Inbunden, 2020
1493 kr
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New perspectives on one of the most important medieval poets.The essays in this volume pay tribute to the distinguished career of Professor R.F. Yeager. Appropriately for one who has done so much to advance scholarship and critical debate on this poet, they focus on John Gower. The approaches taken …
John Gower in Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
Av Martha W. Driver, Derek Pearsall m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1507 kr
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Essays considering the relationship between Gower's texts and the physical ways in which they were first manifested.The media in which Gower's works were first transmitted, whether in print of manuscript form, are of vital importance to an understanding of both the poet and his audience. However, …
A Descriptive Catalogue of the English Manuscripts of John Gower's Confessio Amantis
Av Derek Pearsall, Linne R Mooney
Inbunden, 2021
580 kr
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Winner of the 2022 John Hurt Fisher Award from the John Gower SocietyFirst comprehensive catalogue of the manuscripts of one of the most important medieval works, with full descriptions of their features.The Confessio Amantis is John Gower's major work in English, written around the time that his …
Historians on John Gower
Häftad, 2023
533 kr
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John Gower's poetry offers an important and immediate response to the turbulent events of his day. The essays here examine his life and his works from an historical angle, bringing out fresh new insights.The late fourteenth century was the age of the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred …
Vox Clamantis by John Gower: "The Voice of One Crying"
Inbunden, 2025
1935 kr
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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 …
Vox Clamantis by John Gower: "The Voice of One Crying"
Häftad, 2025
601 kr
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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 …
Contextualising Gower: Texts, Books, Heritage
Av Alastair J Minnis, R F Yeager
Inbunden, 2026
1416 kr
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Essays illuminating Gower's work, the transmission and reception of Gowerian manuscripts and early printings, and his afterlife in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.The fourteenth-century English poet John Gower was acutely aware of the value of words and books in the making of heritage. …
