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APPROACHES TO TEACHING THE POETRY OF JOHN GOWER
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| By: |
Brian W. Gastle (Editor), R. F. Yeager (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£38.95 |
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£37.78 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1603291008 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781603291002 |
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| Publisher: |
MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2011 |
| Series: |
Approaches to Teaching World Literature |
| Pages: |
236 |
| Synopsis: |
A poet who wrote fluently in Middle English, Anglo-French, and Latin, John Gower typifies the English Middle Ages. His economical and sober style, the topics he addressed--marriage, love, chivalry, social class, law, and religious faith--and the depth and breadth of his references to earlier literature, myth, and folktale made his work attractive not only to contemporaries such as Chaucer but also to later poets such as Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Gower is increasingly acknowledged as a poet whose texts offer unique opportunities to teachers wishing to introduce their students to the riches of medieval literature and culture. The essays in part 1, "Materials," review the available editions and translations of Gower's works, compile useful electronic resources for teaching, and discuss the sources and analogues and critical work on his canon.In part 2, "Approaches," contributors make recommendations for teaching the historical context of Gower's writing, involving topics from estates theory and law to confession and medicine; for examining his language and rhetoric in the classroom, including reading his work aloud; and for studying his works in various theoretical and comparative ways, with a special focus on his relation to classical as well as other Middle English authors. A final section considers the various classroom contexts in which Gower is taught, from community college to graduate school. |
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US |
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Modern Language Association of America |
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