Contextualising Gower

Introduction I. Textual and literary genealogies 1. Gower and the SublimeRobert R. Edwards2. John Gower and the Wycliffite Bible Michael P. Kuczynski3. Confessio Peccatoris: Gower and the Influence of Handlyng SynneLucy Turton4. The Influence of Eustache Deschamps' "balades morales" in the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz Clotilde Dauphant 5. John Gower's Word-Formations in Middle English: A Case Study of Confessio AmantisKerstin Majewski II. Material texts and heritage 6. Northern Gower: How the Trentham Manuscript was Brought from ScotlandMargaret Connolly7. Adding and Subtracting: Dealing with Damage in Gower Manuscripts Siân Echard8. Thomas Tyrwhitt's copy of the Confessio Amantis: readings and annotationsAna Sáez-Hidalgo9. John Gower and the Communities of Lay Tenants in London's Religious HousesCaroline M. Barron and Martha Carlin III. Morality, sacramentality 10. Gower's Constantine: Between Hagiography and MoralityAnn W. Astell11. Gower's "Honeste Love" RevisitedAlastair Minnis12. Which Ovid Did Gower Use for the Confessio Amantis? Mel Cowdery13. Sacramental Views of Peace and Marriage in the Poems of the Trentham ManuscriptYoshiko Kobayashi14. Touching Upon Sin: The "Tale of Acteon" as Primum Mobile for Gower's Confessio Amantis Brian GastleBibliography