John Gower

Author : Robert F. Yeager
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0859912809

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John Gower's Poetic by Robert F. Yeager Pdf

John Gower's Poetic is a new study of Gower's complete poetry. Considered are Vox Clamantis, Mirour de l'Omme, Traitié pour les Amantz marietz, Cinkante Balades, Confessio Amantis, and `To King Henry IV, In Praise of Peace'. In fiveintegrative chapters, Yeger demonstrates that Gower - far from being the lugubrious moralist and journeyman craftsman as which he is often portrayed -was in fact a writer of broad learning and ambition, whose work was consistently shaped bya poetic theory of profound originality. To demonstrate this, John Gower's Poetic re-examines Gower's work from the basic levels of orthography, grammar, vocabulary, and metrics, to his enduring macrocosmic themes; in the process, Yeager shows that Gower saw himself as an `auctor', or `poete', in the manner of Dante, Machaut, Froissart, and Deschamps. The book concludes with an extensive, fresh reading of Gower's greatest poem, the Confessio Amantis. Professor R. F. Yeager teaches in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, University of West Florida, Pensacola.

Author : Elisabeth M. Dutton,John Hines,Robert F. Yeager
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781843842507

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John Gower, Trilingual Poet by Elisabeth M. Dutton,John Hines,Robert F. Yeager Pdf

These essays demonstrate John Gower's mastery of the three languages of medieval England - Latin, French and English. They examine the cultural re-definitions which his translations of literary traditions and languages achieved.

Author : Russell A. Peck,Robert F. Yeager
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843844747

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John Gower by Russell A. Peck,Robert F. Yeager Pdf

New essays on aspects of Gower's poetry, viewed through the lens of the self and beyond.

Author : Ana Saez-Hidalgo,Brian Gastle,R.F. Yeager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317043027

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The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower by Ana Saez-Hidalgo,Brian Gastle,R.F. Yeager Pdf

The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower reviews the most current scholarship on the late medieval poet and opens doors purposefully to research areas of the future. It is divided into three parts. The first part, "Working theories: medieval and modern," is devoted to the main theoretical aspects that frame Gower’s work, ranging from his use of medieval law, rhetoric, theology, and religious attitudes, to approaches incorporating gender and queer studies. The second part, "Things and places: material cultures," examines the cultural locations of the author, not only from geographical and political perspectives, or in scientific and economic context, but also in the transmission of his poetry through the materiality of the text and its reception. "Polyvocality: text and language," the third part, focuses on Gower’s trilingualism, his approach to history, and narratological and intertextual aspects of his works. The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower is an essential resource for scholars and students of Gower and of Middle English literature, history, and culture generally.

Author : Stephen Rigby,Siân Echard
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781843845379

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Historians on John Gower by Stephen Rigby,Siân Echard Pdf

The late fourteenth century was the age of the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the deposition of Richard II, the papal schism and the emergence of the heretical doctrines of John Wyclif and the Lollards. These social, political and religious crises and conflicts were addressed not only by preachers and by those involved in public affairs but also by poets, including Chaucer and Langland. Above all, though, it is in the verse of John Gower that we find the most direct engagement with contemporary events. Yet, surprisingly, few historians have examined Gower's responses to these events or have studied the broader moral and philosophical outlook which he used to make sense of them. Here, a number of eminent medievalists seek to demonstrate what historians can add to our understanding of Gower's poetry and his ideas about society (the nobility and chivalry, the peasants and the 1381 revolt, urban life and the law), the Church (the clergy, papacy, Lollardy, monasticism, and the friars) gender (masculinity and women and power), politics (political theory and the deposition of Richard II) and science and astronomy. The book also offers an important reassessment of Gower's biography based on newly-discovered primary sources. STEPHEN RIGBY is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Social and Economic History at the University of Manchester; SIAN ECHARD is Professor of English, University of British Columbia. Contributors: Mark Bailey, Michael Bennett, Martha Carlin, James Davis, Seb Falk, Christopher Fletcher, David Green, David Lepine, Martin Heale, Katherine Lewis, Anthony Musson, Stephen Rigby, Jens Röhrkasten.

Author : Martha W. Driver,Derek Pearsall,Robert F. Yeager
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843845539

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John Gower in Manuscripts and Early Printed Books by Martha W. Driver,Derek Pearsall,Robert F. Yeager Pdf

Essays considering the relationship between Gower's texts and the physical ways in which they were first manifested.

Author : Conrad van Dijk
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781843843504

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John Gower and the Limits of the Law by Conrad van Dijk Pdf

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 questions, jurisdictional issues, private vengeance, jurisprudential concepts (such as equity and the rigor iuris), and aspects of criminal law. The author argues that the Confessio Amantis in particular demonstrates Gower's uncertainty about how to reconcile the ideal of a just law with alternative modes of justice, such as self-help, royal discretion, and divine will. The book also examines the parallel development of the exemplum and casus in medieval literature. Exempla frequently create a sense of narrative closure by means of some form of punishment, or as Gower would put it, "vengeance". How then do we set Gower's reputation as a sympathetic writer alongside his frequent desire forclosure and punishment? What are the limits of exemplarity and law? These questions are answered by reading Gower in relation to the volatile politics of the Ricardian period, and in comparison with the poetic concerns of contemporary writers such as Chaucer and Langland. In so doing, the book provides a searching introduction to the intersection between literature and law in the late fourteenth century. Dr. Conrad van Dijk is Assistant Professor of English at Concordia University College of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada).

Author : David Richard Carlson
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781843843153

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John Gower, Poetry and Propaganda in Fourteenth-century England by David Richard Carlson Pdf

John 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 distinguished career. However, as the author of this book shows, using evidence from Gower's English, French and Latin poems alongside contemporary state papers, pamphlet-literature, and other historical prose, Gower was not the only medieval writer to be so employed in serving a monarchy's goals. Professor Carlson also argues that Gower's late poetry is the apotheosis of the fourteenth-century tradition of state-official writing which lay at the origin of the literary Renaissance in Ricardian and Lancastrian England. David Carlsonis Professor in the Department of English, University of Ottawa.

Author : Ana Saez-Hidalgo,Brian Gastle,R.F. Yeager
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317043034

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The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower by Ana Saez-Hidalgo,Brian Gastle,R.F. Yeager Pdf

The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower reviews the most current scholarship on the late medieval poet and opens doors purposefully to research areas of the future. It is divided into three parts. The first part, "Working theories: medieval and modern," is devoted to the main theoretical aspects that frame Gower’s work, ranging from his use of medieval law, rhetoric, theology, and religious attitudes, to approaches incorporating gender and queer studies. The second part, "Things and places: material cultures," examines the cultural locations of the author, not only from geographical and political perspectives, or in scientific and economic context, but also in the transmission of his poetry through the materiality of the text and its reception. "Polyvocality: text and language," the third part, focuses on Gower’s trilingualism, his approach to history, and narratological and intertextual aspects of his works. The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower is an essential resource for scholars and students of Gower and of Middle English literature, history, and culture generally.

Author : Siân Echard
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1843840006

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A Companion to Gower by Siân Echard Pdf

An introduction to Gower and his work, focusing on his sources, historical context and literary tradition; special attention is paid to Confessio Amantis.

Author : John Gower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015022372521

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The Complete Works of John Gower by John Gower Pdf

Author : John Gower
Publisher : Michigan State University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015029123737

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Mirour de L'Omme by John Gower Pdf

The Mirour de l'Omme (The Mirror of Mankind) is an encyclopedia of moral topics, including a vivid allegory of the Seven Deadly Sins. Author John Gower (1330-1408) was a poet, personal friend of Chaucer, and the most prominent member of his literary circle.

Author : Lynn Arner
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271069661

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Chaucer, Gower, and the Vernacular Rising by Lynn Arner Pdf

Chaucer, Gower, and the Vernacular Rising examines the transmission of Greco-Roman and European literature into English during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, while literacy was burgeoning among men and women from the nonruling classes. This dissemination offered a radically democratizing potential for accessing, interpreting, and deploying learned texts. Focusing primarily on an overlooked sector of Chaucer’s and Gower’s early readership, namely, the upper strata of nonruling urban classes, Lynn Arner argues that Chaucer’s and Gower’s writings engaged in elaborate processes of constructing cultural expertise. These writings helped define gradations of cultural authority, determining who could contribute to the production of legitimate knowledge and granting certain socioeconomic groups political leverage in the wake of the English Rising of 1381. Chaucer, Gower, and the Vernacular Rising simultaneously examines Chaucer’s and Gower’s negotiations—often articulated at the site of gender—over poetics and over the roles that vernacular poetry should play in the late medieval English social formation. This study investigates how Chaucer’s and Gower’s texts positioned poetry to become a powerful participant in processes of social control.

Author : Robert F. Yeager
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Christian ethics in literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130545960

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On John Gower by Robert F. Yeager Pdf

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.

Author : John Gower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004875667

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Confessio Amantis of John Gower by John Gower Pdf