On John Gower

Essays at the Millennium

Edited by R. F. Yeager

Book cover: On John Gower

Extent: 251 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Studies in Medieval Culture

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2008)

ISBN: 9781580440998

Price: $19.95

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Hardback (Published)

(January 2008)

ISBN: 9781580440981

6.14 x 9.21 inches

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The topics addressed in these ten essays also provide grounds of another kind to assess the foci of contemporary Gower studies. As well as place, the political element in Gower’s writings has been subject to fruitful recent scrutiny; and again, there are important linkages and overlaps among these essays on such matter too.


It would not be an exaggeration to observe that in the last two decades Gower studies have developed in response to a widening appreciation of his poetry. On John Gower: Essays at the Millennium represents the third volume of essays originating from sessions of the John Gower Society at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan. The contributions here and in the previous volumes provide insight into the shifts and trends in Gower studies over time. This collection offers a vibrant and fresh view of the field of Gower studies today, making it and its companion volumes an essential set for Gower scholars.

Introduction by R. F. Yeager Gower's Mediterranean by Steven F. Kruger Rome, Troy, and Culture in the Confessio Amantis by Winthrop Wetherbee Fraud, Division, and Lies: John Gower and London by Craig E. Bertolet Principis Umbra: Kingship, Justice, and Pity in John Gower's Poetry by Yoshiko Kobayashi "A bok for king Richardes sake": Royal Patronage, the Confessio, and the Legend of Good Women by Joyce Coleman Violence and the Sacrificial Poet: Gower, the Vox, and the Critics by Eve Salisbury From Head to Foot: Syllabic Play and Metamorphosis in Book I of Gower's Vox Clamantis by Kim Zarins Gower's Virgil by Michael P. Kuczynski Holy Fear and Poetics in John Gower's Confessio Amantis, Book One by Claire Banchich "When reson torneth into rage": Violence in Book III of the Confessio Amantis by Georgiana Donavin Contributors Index, Introduction by R. F. Yeager
Gower's Mediterranean by Steven F. Kruger
Rome, Troy, and Culture in the Confessio Amantis by Winthrop Wetherbee
Fraud, Division, and Lies: John Gower and London by Craig E. Bertolet
Principis Umbra: Kingship, Justice, and Pity in John Gower's Poetry by Yoshiko Kobayashi
“A bok for king Richardes sake”: Royal Patronage, the Confessio, and the Legend of Good Women by Joyce Coleman
Violence and the Sacrificial Poet: Gower, the Vox, and the Critics by Eve Salisbury
From Head to Foot: Syllabic Play and Metamorphosis in Book I of Gower's Vox Clamantis by Kim Zarins
Gower's Virgil by Michael P. Kuczynski
Holy Fear and Poetics in John Gower's Confessio Amantis, Book One by Claire Banchich
“When reson torneth into rage”: Violence in Book III of the Confessio Amantis by Georgiana Donavin
Contributors
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