Gower and Anglo-Latin verse

Author/Creator:

Carlson, David R. 1956- (David Richard), author

Publication/Creation:

Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2021]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Gower and Anglo-Latin verse / David R. Carlson

Series Titles:

Studies and texts ; 226
Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 226.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, publisher

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Gower, John,1325?-1408--Criticism and interpretation
Gower, John,1325?-1408--Literary style
Gower, John,1325?-1408--Translations into English
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--England--History and criticism

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Gower's Earliest Latin Poetry -- Gower and the Invention of Anglo-Latin Public Poetry -- Gower and Estates Satire before Chaucer -- Gower's Historiography of 1381 and Prosody -- Gower's Late Latin Style -- Appendix 1: Texts and Translations -- 1.1 Epitaphium Edwardi tercii (1377) -- 1.2 The John Ball Verses (ca. 1395) -- 1.3 The Blackfriars Council Verses (1382) -- 1.4 "Ecce dolet Anglia" (ca. 1360-1375) -- 1.5 Epilogus Apocalipsium (ca. 1376-1378) -- Appendix 2: Versification -- 2.1 Some Features of Gower's Latin Verse -- 2.2 Couplet Formations, Pentameter Distribution, and Polyrhyme.

Summary:

"This volume offers a novel paradigm for explaining late-medieval Anglo-Latin poetry, showing how the verse of the English poet John Gower (ca. 1330-1408), the pre-eminent Latin poet of the "Age of Chaucer," developed over the decades from 1370 to 1400. In addition to writing poetry in and translating amongst English, French, and Latin, Gower invented a plain style for Latin "public poetry" that was emulated by other Anglo-Latin poets. However, at the end of his career he rejected his own Latin-verse invention to take up the late scholastic style at the moment of its decadence." --

Language:

English
Latin

Language Note:

Text in English; appendices include editions of Latin texts with English translations and notes.

Physical Type/Description:

345 pages ; 24 cm.

Additional Physical Form:

Issued also in electronic format.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937574689902486

ISBN:

9780888442260
0888442262

OCLC Number:

1267404372

Barcode:

010003500740