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OverviewNew essays on aspects of Gower's poetry, viewed through the lens of the self and beyond. The topics of ""selfhood"" and ""otherness"" lie at the heart of these new assessments of John Gower's poetry. The first part of the book, on knowing the self and others, focuses on cognition, brain functions, imagination, and the internal and external factors that affect one's sense of being, from sensation and inner emotive effects within body parts to cosmic perspectives, morality, and theology as voiced by language and storytelling. The second, on the essence of strangers, explores the interconnections of sensation and aesthetics; it also considers kinds of social dysfunction, whether through racial or gender conflict, or religious and political warfare.The final part of the booklooks at social ethics and ethical poets, reassessing two of Gower's perpetual concerns: honest government and honest craft. It considers Gower as a constitutional thinker, whether in terms of law, judicial corruption, or a society of businessmen who would rewrite ethics in terms of business models. It concludes with an examination of the Confessio in the culture of Portugal and Spain. Russell Peck is the John Hall Deane Professor of English at the University of Rochester: R. F. Yeager is Professor of English at the University of West Florida. Contributors: Stephanie L. Batkie, Helen Cooper, Brian W. Gastle, Matthew Giancarlo, Matthew W. Irvin, Yoshiko Kobayashi, Robert J. Meindl, Peter Nicholson, Maura Nolan, Gabrielle Parkin, Russell A. Peck, Ana Saez-Hidalgo, Larry Scanlon, Karla Taylor, Kim Zarins, R.F. Yeager, Full Product DetailsAuthor: Russell Peck (Contributor) , R F Yeager (Customer) , Ana Saez-Hidalgo (Customer) , Brian Gastle (Customer)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: D.S. Brewer Volume: v. 11 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781843844747ISBN 10: 1843844745 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 16 June 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction - Robert F. Yeager and Russell Peck The Materiality of Cognition in Reading, Staging, and Regulation of Brain and Heart Activities in Gower's Confessio Amantis - Russell Peck The Sound of My Voice: Aurality and Credible Faith in the Vox Clamantis - Stephanie L. Batkie ""Noght withoute peine"": Chastity, Complaint, and Lucrece's Vox Clamantis - Matthew W. Irvin Reading Faces in Gower and Chaucer - Karla Taylor Gower and Mortality: The Ends of Storytelling - Helen Cooper Sensation and the Plain Style in John Gower's Confessio Amantis - Maura Nolan Violence without Warning: Sympathetic Villains and Gower's Crafting of Ovidian Narrative - Kim Zarins Gower, Lydgate, and Incest - Larry Scanlon Gower's Jews - Robert F. Yeager Letters of Old Age: The Advocacy of Peace in the Works of John Gower and Philippe de Mézières - Yoshiko Kobayashi Gower's Governmentality: Revisiting John Gower as a Constitutional Thinker and Regiminal Writer - Matthew Giancarlo Gower's Speculum Iudicis: Judicial Corruption in Book VI of the Vox Clamantis - Robert J. Meindl ""The lucre of marchandie"": Poet, Patron, and Payment in Gower's Confessio Amantis - Brian Gastle Hidden Matter in John Gower's Confessio Amantis - Gabrielle Parkin Writing the Cinkante Balades - Peter Nicholson Gower in Early Modern Spanish Libraries: The Missing Link - Ana Saez-Hidalgo Bibliography"ReviewsThis substantial, well-edited, and approachable collection of essays covers a number of the topics in which Gower studies is proliferating. . . . The collection will be a boon to medieval literary criticism generally. CHOICE Author InformationProfessor of English, University of West Florida, USA Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |