Amoral Gower : language, sex, and politics / Diane Watt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watt, Diane, 1965-

Series:

Medieval cultures ; v. 38.

Medieval cultures ; v. 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--To 1500.

Politics and literature.

Ethics, Medieval, in literature.

Courtly love in literature.

Politics in literature.

Sex in literature.

Gower, John, 1325?-1408. Confessio amantis.

Gower, John.

Gower, John, 1325?-1408--Political and social views.

Gower, John, 1325?-1408--Language.

Gower, John, 1325?-1408--Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on a combination of queer and feminist theory, ethical criticism, and psychoanalytic, historicist, and textual criticism, Diane Watt focuses on the language, sex, and politics in Gower's writing. She demonstrates that Gower engaged in the sort of critical thinking more commonly associated with Chaucer and William Langland and contributes to modern debates about the ethics of criticism.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Texts; Preface; Introduction: Social Gower; PART I: LANGUAGE; 1. Gower's Babel Tower: Language Choice and the Grammar of Sex; 2. Writing Like a Man: Rhetoric and Genealogy; PART II: SEX; 3. Transgressive Genders and Subversive Sexualities; 4. Sexual Chaos and Sexual Sin; PART III: POLITICS; 5. Tyranny, Reform, and Self-Government; 6. Oedipus, Apollonius, and Richard II; Epilogue: Ethical Gower; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-206) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9412-5

OCLC:

476095377