Ana Sáez-Hidalgo is Associate Professor at the Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.

Brian Gastle is Professor of English at Western Carolina University, USA.

R.F. Yeager is Professor of English at the University of West Florida, USA.

CONTENTS

List of Figures

Introduction: Gower Scholarship Then and Now

PART I - WORKING THEORIES: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN

1. Gower and Theory: Old Books, New Matters
   Jonathan Hsy, The George Washington University





2. Gower and Gender
   María Bullón-Fernández, Seattle University





3. Gower and Rhetoric
   Kim Zarins, California State University at Sacramento





4. Gower's Religions
   R.F. Yeager, University of West Florida





5. John Gower and the Law: Legal Theory and Practice
   Conrad van Dyk, Concordia University of Edmonton








PART II - THINGS AND PLACES: MATERIAL CULTURES




6. John Gower's Manuscripts in Middle English
   Joe Fredell, Southeastern Louisiana University





7. Gower's French Manuscripts
   Craig E. Bertolet, Auburn University





8. Gower's Latin Manuscripts
   Stephanie Batkie, University of the South





9. Iberian Manuscripts of Gower's Works
   Ana Sáez-Hidalgo, University of Valladolid





10. Illuminations in Gower's Manuscripts
    Joyce Coleman, University of Oklahoma





11. Gower's Southwark
    Martha Carlin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee





12. Gower's Courts
    Matthew Giancarlo, University of Kentucky





13. Gower, Business, and Economy
    Roger Ladd, University of North Carolina at Pembroke





14. Gower and Science
    Russell A. Peck, University of Rochester





15. Gower's Reception, 1400-1700
    Robert R. Edwards, Pennsylvania State University





16. Iberian Gower
    Clara Pascual-Argente, Rhodes College








PART III - POLYVOCALITY: TEXT AND LANGUAGE




17. Gower's Languages
    Tim Machan, University of Notre Dame





18. Voices and Narrators
    Matthew W. Irvin, University of the South





19. Gower and the Forms of History
    Steele Nowlin, Hampden-Sydney College





20. Gower's Classicizing Vocations
    Andrew Galloway, Cornell University





21. Gower and Romance
    Corinne Saunders, Durham University





22. Gower and Chaucer
    Brian Gastle, Western Carolina University





23. The French Works: The Ballades
    Peter Nicholson, University of Hawai¿i at M¿noa





24. The French Works: Mirour de l'Omme
    Craig E. Bertolet, Auburn University





25. English Works
    Yoshiko Kobayashi, University of Tokyo





26. The Latin Works
    Robert Meindl, California State University, Sacramento

Notes on Contributors