John Gower: Moral Philosopher and Friend of Chaucer
London: Methuen & Co., 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #010081
Full brown cloth. x, 378 pp. [2] B&W plates, incl. frontis. A few spots of light chafing and some white marks to edges. Dust jacket sunned and damp stained to spine, bumped and sunned to edges, small chip to head of rear cover, sticker ghost to foot of front cover. This is the first complete study of John Gower, who, although highly valued by his contemporaries as one of the 'primier poetes of the nacion,' has for many centuries been dwarfed by the impressive literary figure of his friend Chaucer. Succeeding generations have found him a sparse and unrewarding poet and have him put aside for Chaucer's more robust appeal; but his vast scholarly output alone demands some reassessment of this judgment. Professor Fisher attempts this reassessment by drawing an authoritative and sympathetic portrait of the man and writer.
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