Revisiting John Gower's Poetic: Papers in Honor of R. F. Yeager

Sponsoring Organization(s)

John Gower Society

Organizer Name

Brian Gastle

Organizer Affiliation

Western Carolina Univ.

Presider Name

Brian Gastle

Paper Title 1

"Als wel the lord as the schepherde, He broghte hem alle in good accord": Harmonious Materialism in the Confessio amantis

Presenter 1 Name

Roger A. Ladd

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of North Carolina-Pembroke

Paper Title 2

Neither a Jew nor Pagan: The "Cultural Work" of John Gower's Misrepresentation

Presenter 2 Name

Miriamne Ara Krummel

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Dayton

Paper Title 3

Chaucer's Ghoast and Gower's Presence

Presenter 3 Name

Robert R. Edwards

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Pennsylvania State Univ.

Paper Title 4

Apollonius, Pericles, and Gower

Presenter 4 Name

Elizabeth Archibald

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Durham Univ.

Start Date

9-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Sangren 1740

Description

Gower studies owes an immense debt to both the scholarship and the leadership of RF Yeager. Having authored, edited, or co-edited over eighteen books and collections, and over three dozen articles and essays, he has mentored countless junior scholars and fostered and shepherded the study of Gower over the past forty years. As President of the International John Gower Society, he has grown membership in the society from the handful that begun the Society over thirty-five years ago to almost 200 members today, and he has organized each of the five Gower Society Congresses which draws scholars from around the world. Given his 2018 retirement from the University of West Florida, and his transition to Emeritus faculty, the John Gower Society would like to honor Bob Yeager with a session of papers presented in his honor and that reflect his significant influence on the field. Brian Gastle