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Zusatztext "This impressive work is the most comprehensive monograph on Gower up to date."- Amanda Roi-Marin! University of Cambridge! UK"The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower is a rich contribution to the feld of Gower studies! one whose scope is laudably ambitious. Among the collection's strengths are its efforts to foreground the trilingual! transnational! and manuscript contexts of the po-et's work and legacy. These chapters offer an invitation to new conversations and suggest av-enues for future research. Gower studies! as this collection witnesses! continues to grow! transform! and respond to contemporary scholarly concerns; the poet's multilingual legacy! now as much as ever! occupies a meaningful place in our feld in the midst of a mutable! di-vided! and ever-renewing world."- Sarah V. Torres! University of Virginia! USA! Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies Informationen zum Autor Ana Sáez-Hidalgo is Associate Professor at the Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. Brian Gastle is Professor of English at Western Carolina University, USA. R.F. Yeager is Professor of English at the University of West Florida, USA. Klappentext 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 an essential resource for scholars and students of Gower and of Middle English literature, history, and culture generally. Zusammenfassung 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 an essential resource for scholars and students of Gower and of Middle English literature, history, and culture generally. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS List of Figures Introduction: Gower Scholarship Then and Now PART I - WORKING THEORIES: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN Gower and Theory: Old Books, New Matters Jonathan Hsy, The George Washington University Gower and Gender María Bullón-Fernández, Seattle University Gower and Rhetoric Kim Zarins, California State University at Sacramento Gower's Religions R.F. Yeager, University of West Florida John Gower and the Law: Legal Theory and Practice Conrad van Dyk, Concordia University of Edmonton PART II - THINGS AND PLACES: MATERIAL CULTURES John Gower's Manuscripts in Middle English Joe Fredell, Southeastern Louisiana University Gower's French Manuscripts Craig E. Bertolet, Auburn University Gower's Latin Manuscripts Stephanie Batkie, University of the South Iberian Manuscripts of Gower's Works Ana Sáez-Hidalgo, University of Valladolid Illuminations in Gower's Manuscripts Joyce Coleman, University of Oklahoma Gower's Southwark Martha Carlin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Gower's Courts Matthew Giancarlo, University of Kentucky Gower, Business, and Economy Roger Ladd, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Gower and Science Russell A. Peck, University of Rochester Gower's Reception, 1400-1700 Robert R. Edwards, Pennsylvania State University Iberian Gower Clara Pascual-Argente, Rhodes College PART III - POLYVOCALITY: TEXT AND LANGUAGE Gower's Languages Tim Machan, University of Notre Dame Voices and Narrators Matthew W. Irvin, University of the South Gower and the Forms of History Steele Nowlin, Hampden-Sydney College Gower's Classicizing Vocations Andrew Galloway, Cornell University Gower and Romance Corinne Saunders, Durham University Gower and Chaucer Brian Gastle, Western Carolina University The French Works: The Ballades Peter Nicholson, University of Hawai¿i a...
