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John Gower in England and Iberia: Manuscripts, Influences, Reception
A S Ez-Hidalgo
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Description for John Gower in England and Iberia: Manuscripts, Influences, Reception
Hardback. Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Saez-Hidalgo, Ana; Yeager, R. F. Series: Publications of the John Gower Society. Num Pages: 347 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 756.
Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. John Gower's great poem, the Confessio Amantis, was the first work of English literature translated into any European language. Occasioned by the existence in Spain of fifteenth-century Portuguese and Spanish manuscripts ofthe Confessio, the nineteen essays brought together here represent new and original approaches to Gower's role in Anglo-Iberian literary relations. They include major studies of the palaeography of the Iberian manuscripts;of the ownership history of the Portuguese ... Read more
Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. John Gower's great poem, the Confessio Amantis, was the first work of English literature translated into any European language. Occasioned by the existence in Spain of fifteenth-century Portuguese and Spanish manuscripts ofthe Confessio, the nineteen essays brought together here represent new and original approaches to Gower's role in Anglo-Iberian literary relations. They include major studies of the palaeography of the Iberian manuscripts;of the ownership history of the Portuguese ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
347
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843207
SKU
V9781843843207
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99-28
About A S Ez-Hidalgo
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Reviews for John Gower in England and Iberia: Manuscripts, Influences, Reception
Editors Ana Sáez-Hidalgo and R. F. Yeager have assembled essays that significantly enrich Gower studies.
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
[A] remarkable volume.
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JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
[A] remarkable volume.
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