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The Poetic Voices of John Gower: Politics and Personae in the Confessio Amantis
Matthew Matthew Irvine
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Description for The Poetic Voices of John Gower: Politics and Personae in the Confessio Amantis
Hardback. An examination of Gower's skilful deployment of personae in his works, showing the parallels between the way he treats love, and the way he treats politics. Series: Publications of the John Gower Society. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
An examination of Gower's skilful deployment of personae in his works, showing the parallels between the way he treats love, and the way he treats politics. Gower's use of the persona, the figure of the writer implicated in the text, is the main theme of this book. While it traces the development of Gower's voice through his major works, it concentrates on the dialogue of Amans and Genius in the Confessio Amantis. It argues that Gower negotiates problems of politics and problems of love by means of an analogy between political ethics and the rules of fin amour; Amans ... Read more
An examination of Gower's skilful deployment of personae in his works, showing the parallels between the way he treats love, and the way he treats politics. Gower's use of the persona, the figure of the writer implicated in the text, is the main theme of this book. While it traces the development of Gower's voice through his major works, it concentrates on the dialogue of Amans and Genius in the Confessio Amantis. It argues that Gower negotiates problems of politics and problems of love by means of an analogy between political ethics and the rules of fin amour; Amans ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843399
SKU
V9781843843399
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Reviews for The Poetic Voices of John Gower: Politics and Personae in the Confessio Amantis
Irvin's study is wide-ranging, learned, and productive. By encompassing Gower's major works while attending to many divergent aspects of the Confessio, this book has much to offer future readers and scholars of Gowerian poetics.
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
Gower scholarship has, to some extent, suffered precisely because of the multilingual nature of Gower's texts, with the ... Read more
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
Gower scholarship has, to some extent, suffered precisely because of the multilingual nature of Gower's texts, with the ... Read more