The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower

The Ashgate Research Companion to John Gower reviews the most recent scholarship on the late medieval poet and opens doors purposefully to research areas of the future. It is divided into three sections: the first, "Working theories: medieval and modern" is devoted to the main theoretical aspects that frame Gower’s work, ranging from his use of medieval law, theology and rhetoric to more recent approaches like gender and queer studies, and Gower in the digital world. The second section, Things and places: material cultures, examines the cultural locations of the author, not only from geographical and political perspectives, or in its scientific and economic context, but also in the transmission of his work through the materiality of the text and its reception. "Polyvocality: text and language," the third section, focuses on Gower's trilingualism, his approach to history, and narratological and intertextual aspects of his works. The Ashgate Research Companion to John Gower is a useful resource for scholars and students of Gower and of Middle English literature, history, and culture.

R.F. Yeager is Professor and Chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages at the University of West Florida, USA. Brian W. Gastle is Professor of English at Western Carolina University, USA. Ana SA!ez-Hidalgo is Associate Professor of English at the Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.