On John Gower
Subtitle: essays at the millennium
By: edited by R. F. Yeager.
Contributors: Yeager, Robert F.
Series: Studies in medieval culture -- 46
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Kalamazoo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781580440981; 9781580440998
Subjects: Gower, John, -- 1325?-1408 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Gower, John, -- 1325?-1408 -- Political and social views.; Gower, John, -- 1325?-1408 -- Language.; Gower, John, -- 1325?-1408.; Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- History and criticism.; Poetry, Medieval -- History and criticism.; Christian ethics in literature.; Geography in literature.; Culture in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / R. F. Yeager; title: Gower's Mediterranean / Steven F. Kruger; title: Rome, Troy, and culture in the Confessio amantis / Winthrop Wetherbee; title: Fraud, division, and lies : John Gower and London / Craig E. Bertolet; title: Principis umbra : kingship, justice, and pity in John Gower's poetry / Yoshiko Kobayashi; title: A bok for King Richardes sake : royal patronage, the Confessio, and the legend of good women / Joyce Coleman; title: Violence and the sacrificial poet : Gower, the Vox, and the critics / Eve Salisbury; title: From head to foot : syllabic play and metamorphosis in Book I of Gower's Vox clamantis / Kim Zarins; title: Gower's Virgil / Michael P. Kuczynski; title: Holy fear and poetics in John Gower's Confessio amantis, Book I / Claire Banchich; title: When reson torneth into rage : violence in Book III of the Confessio amantis / Georgiana Donavin.