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Article: Sian Echard, A Companion to Gower.(Book Review)
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- Medium Aevum
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- September 22, 2005
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Sian Echard, A Companion to Gower (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2004), 286 pp. ISBN 1-84384-000-6. 60.00. [pounds sterling]
John Gower's writing--of, at least, the Confessio Amantis--has now returned to critical vogue. We are now as likely to turn to Gower as to Chaucer for examples of ludic rhetoric, transgressive sexualities, manuscript politics, and a congenial place to test modern critical theories. The appearance of a 'companion' to Gower suggests a critical mass of critical interest, not least amongst university students who comprise the target audience of this kind of book; a companion is an opportunity to survey old arguments whilst extending new ones, and to ...
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