Routledge Research Companion to John Gower

<p><em>The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower</em> reviews the most current scholarship on the late medieval poet and opens doors purposefully to research areas of the future. It is divided into three parts. The first part Working theories: medieval and modern is devoted to the main theoretical aspects that frame Gower’s work ranging from his use of medieval law rhetoric theology and religious attitudes to approaches incorporating gender and queer studies. The second part Things and places: material cultures examines the cultural locations of the author not only from geographical and political perspectives or in scientific and economic context but also in the transmission of his poetry through the materiality of the text and its reception. Polyvocality: text and language the third part focuses on Gower’s trilingualism his approach to history and narratological and intertextual aspects of his works. <i>The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower</i> is an essential resource for scholars and students of Gower and of Middle English literature history and culture generally.</p>