John Gower and the Limits of the Law

An examination of the ways in which Gower's poetry engages with contemporary law and legal questions.

List of contents

Introduction
The Exemplum and the Legal Case
Asking Legal Questions in Gower's Confessio Amantis
The King in his Empire Reigns Supreme
Kingship and Law in Gower's Mirror for Princes
Desiring Closure: Gower and Retributive Justice
Conclusion: The Trials of Exemplary Legal Fiction

About the author

Conrad van Dijk

Product details

• Authors: Conrad van Dijk
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2013
• EAN: 9781843843504
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-350-4
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Publications of the John Gower
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism