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Description:A poet who wrote fluently in Middle English, Anglo-French, and Latin, John Gower typifies the English Middle Ages. His economical and sober style, the topics he addressed marriage, love, chivalry, social class, law, and religious faith and the depth and breadth of his references to earlier literature, myth, and folktale made his work attractive not only to contemporaries such as Chaucer but also to later poets such as Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Gower is increasingly acknowledged as a poet whose texts offer unique opportunities to teachers wishing to introduce their students to the riches of medieval literature and culture.The essays in part 1, Materials, review the available editions and translations of Gower s works, compile useful electronic resources for teaching, and discuss the sources and analogues and critical work on his canon. In part 2, Approaches, contributors make recommendations for teaching the historical context of Gower s writing, involving topics from estates theory and law to confession and medicine; for examining his language and rhetoric in the classroom, including reading his work aloud; and for studying his works in various theoretical and comparative ways, with a special focus on his relation to classical as well as other Middle English authors. A final section considers the various classroom contexts in which Gower is taught, from community college to graduate school."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Approaches to Teaching the Poetry of John Gower (Approaches to Teaching World Literature). To get started finding Approaches to Teaching the Poetry of John Gower (Approaches to Teaching World Literature), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A poet who wrote fluently in Middle English, Anglo-French, and Latin, John Gower typifies the English Middle Ages. His economical and sober style, the topics he addressed marriage, love, chivalry, social class, law, and religious faith and the depth and breadth of his references to earlier literature, myth, and folktale made his work attractive not only to contemporaries such as Chaucer but also to later poets such as Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Gower is increasingly acknowledged as a poet whose texts offer unique opportunities to teachers wishing to introduce their students to the riches of medieval literature and culture.The essays in part 1, Materials, review the available editions and translations of Gower s works, compile useful electronic resources for teaching, and discuss the sources and analogues and critical work on his canon. In part 2, Approaches, contributors make recommendations for teaching the historical context of Gower s writing, involving topics from estates theory and law to confession and medicine; for examining his language and rhetoric in the classroom, including reading his work aloud; and for studying his works in various theoretical and comparative ways, with a special focus on his relation to classical as well as other Middle English authors. A final section considers the various classroom contexts in which Gower is taught, from community college to graduate school."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Approaches to Teaching the Poetry of John Gower (Approaches to Teaching World Literature). To get started finding Approaches to Teaching the Poetry of John Gower (Approaches to Teaching World Literature), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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