The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower

CONTENTS List of Figures Introduction: Gower Scholarship Then and Now PART I - WORKING THEORIES: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN Gower and Theory: Old Books, New Matters Jonathan Hsy, The George Washington University Gower and Gender Maria Bullon-Fernandez, Seattle University Gower and Rhetoric Kim Zarins, California State University at Sacramento Gower's Religions R.F. Yeager, University of West Florida John Gower and the Law: Legal Theory and Practice Conrad van Dyk, Concordia University of Edmonton PART II - THINGS AND PLACES: MATERIAL CULTURES John Gower's Manuscripts in Middle English Joe Fredell, Southeastern Louisiana University Gower's French Manuscripts Craig E. Bertolet, Auburn University Gower's Latin Manuscripts Stephanie Batkie, University of the South Iberian Manuscripts of Gower's Works Ana Saez-Hidalgo, University of Valladolid Illuminations in Gower's Manuscripts Joyce Coleman, University of Oklahoma Gower's Southwark Martha Carlin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Gower's Courts Matthew Giancarlo, University of Kentucky Gower, Business, and Economy Roger Ladd, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Gower and Science Russell A. Peck, University of Rochester Gower's Reception, 1400-1700 Robert R. Edwards, Pennsylvania State University Iberian Gower Clara Pascual-Argente, Rhodes College PART III - POLYVOCALITY: TEXT AND LANGUAGE Gower's Languages Tim Machan, University of Notre Dame Voices and Narrators Matthew W. Irvin, University of the South Gower and the Forms of History Steele Nowlin, Hampden-Sydney College Gower's Classicizing Vocations Andrew Galloway, Cornell University Gower and Romance Corinne Saunders, Durham University Gower and Chaucer Brian Gastle, Western Carolina University The French Works: The Ballades Peter Nicholson, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The French Works: Mirour de l'Omme Craig E. Bertolet, Auburn University English Works Yoshiko Kobayashi, University of Tokyo The Latin Works Robert Meindl, California State University, Sacramento Notes on Contributors

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