CONGRESS CANCELED Gower's French, French Gower
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Part of John Gower’s importance lies in the fact that he wrote extensively in French, Latin, and Middle English. Gower’s French, a mixture of Anglo-Norman and Continental, speaks to the multilingual culture of not only England, but Europe generally. The majority of Gower scholarship has focused on Gower’s Middle English writings (as a representative English poet), or upon his Latin texts (as a scholastic author embedded in the classical tradition), or upon an understanding of Gower as a trilingual poet. This panel examines Gower as a “French” poet, as a writer embedded in the French tradition, shaping the development of French and Anglo-Norman in England and elsewhere. Brian Gastle
CONGRESS CANCELED Gower's French, French Gower
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Part of John Gower’s importance lies in the fact that he wrote extensively in French, Latin, and Middle English. Gower’s French, a mixture of Anglo-Norman and Continental, speaks to the multilingual culture of not only England, but Europe generally. The majority of Gower scholarship has focused on Gower’s Middle English writings (as a representative English poet), or upon his Latin texts (as a scholastic author embedded in the classical tradition), or upon an understanding of Gower as a trilingual poet. This panel examines Gower as a “French” poet, as a writer embedded in the French tradition, shaping the development of French and Anglo-Norman in England and elsewhere. Brian Gastle