IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1507: John Gower in the 21st Century
Thursday 12 July 2007, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | The Gower Project |
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Organisers: | Jonathan Hsy, GW Digital Humanities Institute, George Washington University, Washington, DC Malte Urban, Department of English, King's College London |
Moderator/Chair: | Jonathan Hsy, GW Digital Humanities Institute, George Washington University, Washington, DC |
Paper 1507-a | The City and the King: Popular Revolt in the Tale of Virginia (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Middle English |
Paper 1507-b | John Gower, Hypertext, and Reading (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Middle English |
Abstract | The poetry of John Gower has experienced a renaissance of critical interest in recent years, and scholars are beginning to realise the potential of subjecting his works to an array of innovative approaches. This session aims to bring together a panel assessing Gower's situation within 21st-century Medieval Studies, and it is hoped that we can define more clearly his position in relation to the London culture in which he was working, especially the relationship between his and Chaucer's poetry. |