John Gower: Others and the Self

The topics of "selfhood" and "otherness" lie at the heart of these compelling new assessments of John Gower's poetry. Divided into three main areas - knowing the self and others; the essence of strangers; and social ethics and ethical poets - through this lens they examine the wide range of Gower's interests: the political, socio-economic, legal, medical, and theological issues that aroused the conscience and stirred the aesthetic of this trilingual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843844745
• ISBN13: 9781843844747
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"