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Maria Wickert: Studies in John Gower
Studies in John Gower is a translation of Maria Wickert’s Studien zu John Gower, the book that began the modern study of the Vox Clamantis. It is a monograph in six chapters, the first five on various aspects of the Vox — textual development, the vision of the Peasants’ Revolt, influence of the medieval sermon, the open letter to Richard II, world view — and the sixth a penetrating study of Gower’s narrative technique in the Confessio Amantis.
196 pages | 6 x 9 | © 2016
Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory, Germanic Languages
Table of Contents
Introduction
R. F. Yeager
Translator’s Note
Author’s Preface
1. The Text and Development of the Vox Clamantis
2. The Vision of the Peasants’ Revolt
3. The Vox Clamantis and the Medieval Sermon
A. The Homilist and the Archer
B. The Topology of the Prologue
4. The Mirror for a Prince
5. Gower’s Sense of Order
6. Gower’s Narrative Technique
Bibliography