John Gower, The French Balades

By (author) John Gower Edited by R. F. Yeager

Book cover: John Gower, The French Balades

Extent: 196 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2011)

ISBN: 9781580441551

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $14.95

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PDF (Published)

(May 2011)

ISBN: 9781580444521

Price: $12.00

Gower’s imaginative French poetry is now available in a new edition with facing page translation, annotations, and introduction. Gower’s Traitie employs the French poetic form of balade, typically used for courtly verses, to avow instead the virtues of loving marriage, characteristic of Gower’s signature moralizing. His Cinkante Balades confront the tradition of the French Livre de Cent Balades, by describing the feelings of a young man towards his lady, but eventually offering a praise of love insofar as it is subject to reason and morality. Together the two works offer an excellent introduction to the Anglo-Norman works of Gower and are perfect for classroom use.

Acknowledgments General Introduction Traitie selonc les auctours pour essampler les amantz marietz Introduction Text Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Cinkante Balades Introduction Text Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Appendix 1: A Translation of the Traitie (Quixley) Appendix 2: A Note on Gower's French by Brian Merrilees Bibliography, Acknowledgments
General Introduction
Traitié selonc les auctours pour essampler les amantz marietz
Introduction
Text
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Cinkante Balades
Introduction
Text
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Appendix 1: A Translation of the Traitié (Quixley)
Appendix 2: A Note on Gower's French by Brian Merrilees
Bibliography

  • By (author) John Gower
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