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Item Details
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JOHN GOWER'S POETIC
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW ARION |
| By: |
Robert F. Yeager (Editor), Alastair J. Minnis (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0859912809 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780859912808 |
| Publisher: |
BOYDELL & BREWER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 September, 1990 |
| Series: |
Publications of the John Gower Society v.2 |
| Pages: |
297 |
| Description: |
A study of Gower's complete poetry in which the author attempts to show that Gower - far from being the lugubrious moralist and journeyman craftsman he is often portrayed as - was in fact a writer of learning and ambition, whose work was shaped by an original poetic theory. |
| Synopsis: |
John Gower's Poetic is a new study of Gower's complete poetry. Considered are Vox Clamantis, Mirour de l'Omme, Traitie 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 Poeticre-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.R.F. YEAGER is Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. |
| Illustrations: |
With dust jacket |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
D.S. Brewer |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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