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T1 Gower's poetics on the edge: cracks and fissures
A1 Urban, Malte
A1 Filardo Llamas, Laura
A1 Gastle, Brian
A1 Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Marta María
A1 Sáez Hidalgo, Ana
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología Inglesa
AB This essay examines Gower's oft-discussed flexible or situational ethics with a focus on the way in which he positions his poems, especially the Confessio Amantis between several different elements. His multi-linguality has concerned readers for a long time, as have his idea of the "middle weie" and, more recently, the way in which he does not offer an overall fixed moral sense but rather focuses on the contradictions inherent in the human condition. The central thesis of the essay is that Gower uses all of these elements to create a poetic that is placed on the edge rather than in a commonplace centre. It is here that we can see cracks and fissures emerge in Gower's work, and it is here that we can begin to better understand his poetics.
SN 0210-9689
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17239
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17239
LA spa
NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2012, N.33, pags.155-170
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-abr-2024