1 100 2176 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Composite of at least three manuscripts: CA Prol-4500 from Magdalen College 213 (?); 4500-6400, manuscript unknown, 2nd recension (?); 6400-conclusion, manuscript unknown, 1st recension (?), but including additions to Book VII (3150*-3360*) and conclusion with Chaucer greeting. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Caxton, William, printer. Published Caxton, William, printer. Confessio Amantis. London: 1483. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Manuscripts and Textual Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Confessio Amantis. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1483 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review From a manuscript closely resembling Bodleian 294. Prologue printed separately, as in Caxton, and includes Prologue 496-98, 579-84; Book I, 1403-06, 2267-74, 2343-58, 2369-72, and Book VIII, 2941-60 (Chaucer greeting) from Caxton's edition. Edition of 1554 corrects some errors and makes frequent substitutions of "i" for "y." [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Berthelette, Thomas, printer. Published Berthelette, Thomas, printer. De Confessione Amantis. London, 1532. 2nd ed. 1554. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Manuscripts and Textual Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource De Confessione Amantis. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1532 2nd ed. 1554 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "In Praise of Peace," following MS. Trentham, under the title "Johan Gower unto the worthy and noble King Henry the fourth," with running head "A balade to king henry the fourth." [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Thynne, William, ed. Published Thynne, William, ed. The Works of Geffray Chaucer. London: Thomas Godfrey, 1532, n.p. Gower Subject In Praise of Peace Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Works of Geffrey Chaucer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1532 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography of Gower. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Bale, John. Published Bale, John. Illustrium Maioris Brytanniae, Hoc Est Angliae, Cambriae, ac Scotiae Summariu. London: John Overton, 1548, p. 524. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Illustrium Maioris Brytanniae Scriptorum Hoc Est, Angliae, Cambriae, ac Scotiae Summariu. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1548 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower and Chaucer "were of the first age" of English poets (i.e., those writing in the English tongue) and are supposed by Puttenham to have been knights. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Puttenham, George. Published Puttenham, George. The Arte of English Poesie Contrived into Three Books; the First of Poets and Poesie, the Second of Proportion, the Third of Ornament. London: Richard Field, Printer, 1589, p. 48. Gower Subject Influence and Later Allusion Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Arte of English Poesie Contrived into Three Books; the First of Poets and Poesie, the Second of Proportion, the Third of Ornament. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1589 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower and Chaucer compared to Amphion, Orpheus, Livy, Andronicus, Ennius, Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio as users of mother-tongue for poetry, and of beginning English tradition. Originally written some years earlier, the "Defence" was first published by William Ponsonby of London in 1595. [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Sidney, Sir Philip. Published Sidney, Sir Philip. "The Defence of Poesie." The Prose Works of Philip Sidney. Vol. 3 of 4. Edited by Albert Feuillerat. Cambridge: MA: Harvard University Press, 1912. Reprinted 1962, 1963, 1968, p. 4. Gower Subject Influence and Later Allusion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Defence of Poesie. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1595 1912 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower made Chaucer's acquaintance while both were students at the Inner Temple; prints "In Praise of Peace" under the title "Iohn Gower unto the worthy and noble King Henrie the iiii," with running head "A balade to King Henrie [alternating with Henry] the fourth." [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Speght, Thomas, ed. Published Speght, Thomas, ed. The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geoffrey Chaucer . . . etc. London: George Bishop, 1598, b, iii; fol. 330v-331v. [STC 5077]. Gower Subject Biography of Gower In Praise of Peace Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geoffrey Chaucer . . . etc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1598 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gives a description of Gower's tomb, and copies of all extant inscriptions; also a brief biography. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Stow, John. Thomas, William, ed. Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge, ed. Published Stow, John. A Survey of London. London: J. Wolfe, 1598. Reprint, ed. William Thomas. London, 1842, p. 152; and ed. C. L. Kingsford. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908, II, 57-59. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Survey of London. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1598 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography of Gower. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Stow, John. Published Stow, John. The Annales of England. London: 1600, pp. 439, 528. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Annales of England. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography of Gower. N.B.: Title varies. Normal running title for this work is "De Illusttibus Anglae Scriptoribus." [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Pits, John. Published Pits, John. Relationum Historicarum de Rebus Anglicis, Tomus Primus Quatuor Partes Complectens, Quorum Elenchum Pagina Indicat. Paris: R. Thierry and S. Cramoray, 1619, pp. 575-77. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Relationum Historicarum de Rebus Anglicis, Tomus Primus Quatuor Partes Complectens, Quorum Elenchum Pagina Indicat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1619 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Peacham's major entry in its entirety (pp. 94-95): "Gower being very gracious with King Henrie the 4. in his time carried the name of the onely Poet, but his verses to say truth, were poore and plaine, yet full of good and graue Moralitie: but while he affected altogether the French phrase and words, made himself too obscure to his Reader; beside his invention commeth farre shorte of the promise of his Titles. He published onely (that I know of) three bookes, which at S. Marie Oueries in Southwark vpon his monument lately repaired by some Benefactor, lie under his head; which are Vox clamantis, Speculum Meditantis, and Confessio Amantis. He was a Knight, as also was Chaucer." Peacham also mentions that, as Chaucer was dear to Richard the second, so was "Gower to Henry the fourth" (p. 81). [MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Peacham, Henry. Published London 1622. New York: De Capo Press; Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1968. Facsimile reprint of STC No. 19502. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Compleat Gentleman. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1622 1968 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography; includes claim that Gower is descendent of Sir John Scot. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Weever, John. Published Weever, John. Ancient Funeral Monuments within the United Monarchies of Great Britain. London: Thomas Harper, 1631, p. 270. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ancient Funeral Monuments within the United Monarchies of Great Britain. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1631 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Jonson uses Gower as an examples of good English usage, with liberal quotation. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Jonson, Ben. Waite, A. V., ed. Published Jonson, Ben. The English Grammar. London, 1640. Ed. A. V. Waite. New York: Sturgis and Walton, 1909, pp. 112, 115-18, 120-22, 124, 126-27, 130-31, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, Gower Subject Language and Word Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The English Grammar. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1640 1909 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Quotes, in somewhat modernized form, CA, Book II, 3475-96. Edition unknown. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Milton, John. Published Milton, John. An Apology Against a Pamphlet Called Modest Confutation of the Animadversions Upon a Remonstrance Against Smectymnus. London, 1642. Reprint. Complete Prose Works of John Milton, 1:1624-42. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1953, pp. 946-47. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Influence and Later Allusion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Apology Against a Pamphlet Called Modest Confutation of the Animadversions Upon a Remonstrance Against Smectymnus. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1642 1953 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints CA Book IV, 2457-2632, titled "Concerning the Philosophers Stone" (no source given), with a brief biography, tomb description, and epitaph reproduced from John Stow, "Survey of London" (1594). [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Ashmole, Elias, ed. Published Ashmole, Elias, ed. Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum: Containing Severall Poeticall Pieces of our Famous English Philosophers, who have Written the Hermetique Mysteries in their owne Ancient Language. London: Nathanial Brooks, 1652, pp. 368-73 and 484-86. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum: Containing Severall Poeticall Pieces of our Famous English Philosophers, who have Written the Hermetique Mysteries in their owne Ancient Language. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1652 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biographical sketch of Gower, calling him "the first refiner of our English Tongue . . . . Indeed, Gower left our English Tongue very bad, but found it very very bad." [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Fuller, Thomas. Nichols, John. Published Fuller, Thomas. The History of the Worthies of England. London: J. G. W. L. and W. G., for Thomas Williams, 1662, p. 207. Rev. ed., with additional notes by John Nichols. London. 1811, II, 513-14; London: Thomas Tegg, 1840, III, 426. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Language and Word Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The History of the Worthies of England. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1662 1811 1840 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brydges quotes and corrects Phillips' brief biography of Gower, drawing upon Warton (1774-1781) for details and perspectives, while offering an assessment of Gower's works, particularly CA: "It seems to have been his object to croud all his erudition into this elaborate performance." [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Phillips, Edward. Brydges, Sir Egerton. Published Phillips, Edward. Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum. London, 1675. Enlarged by Sir Egerton Brydges. London and Canterbury: J. White, 1800, pp. 12-17. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Confessio Amantis Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1675 1800 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography of Gower. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Winstanley, William. Published Winstanley, William. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets. London: Samuel, 1687, pp. 18-22. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1687 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Compares Gower to Chaucer, citing the latter as the more musical versifier. [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Dryden, John. Published Dryden, John. "Preface to The Fables, 1700." In Selected Works of John Dryden. Edited by William Frost. New York: Holt, Reinhart, and Winston, 1967, p. 397. Gower Subject Style, Rhetoric, and Versification Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Preface to The Fables, 1700. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1700 1967 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biographical sketch of Gower and list of works. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Leland, John. Published Leland, John. Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicus. Oxford: Theatro Shedloniano, 1709, I, 414-16. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicus. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1709 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biographical sketch of Gower. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Leland, John. Published Leland, John. The Itinerary of John Leland, the Antiquary. Oxford: Theatro Shedloniano, 1710-12, VI, 13. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Itinerary of John Leland, the Antiquary. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1710-1712 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography of "Sir" John Gower; tomb description, with inscriptions and epitaph reproduced. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Jacob, Giles. Published Jacob, Giles. An Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of Our Most Considerable English Poets. London, 1720. Reprint. New York: Garland, 1970, pp. 66-68. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of Our Most Considerable English Poets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1720 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints in "Praise of Peace"; no source given. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Urry, John, ed. Published Urry, John, ed. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. London: Bernard Lintot, 1721, pp. 540-43. Gower Subject In Praise of Peace Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1721 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Notes that the swan clasp on the "S" collar insignia of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and the "Cygnus" of the VC are similar, and posits that Gloucester was Gower's true patron. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Anstis, John. Published Anstis, John. Register of the Garter. London: Order of the Garter, 1724, II, 116. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Register of the Garter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1724 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography of Gower, including quotation from Leland (1709). [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Lewis, John. Published Lewis, John. The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent: The First Printer in England. London, 1737, pp. 79-81. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent: The First Printer in England. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1737 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography of Gower, characterizing "his whole Work" as "little better than a cool Translation from other Authors"; prints "The Tale of the Travelers and the Angel," CA, II, 291-364. [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Cooper, Mrs. [Elizabeth]. William Oldys. Published Cooper, Mrs. [Elizabeth], assisted by William Oldys. The Muses Library; or a Series of English poetry, from the Saxons, to the Reign of King Charles II. London, 1737, pp, 19-22. Also published as The Historical and Poetical Medley; or, Muses Library . . . , etc. London: T. Davis, 1738. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Muses Library; or a Series of English poetry, from the Saxons, to the Reign of King Charles II. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1737 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Campbell, John. Published Biographia Britannica, Or, the Lives of the Most eminent Persons Who Have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland From the earliest Ages, Down to the present Time: Collected from the best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, And digested in the Manner of Mr Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary. London: Printed for W. Innys, W. Meadows, J. Walthoe, T. Cox, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Osborne, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Whitridge, R. Hett, C. Hitch, T. Astley, S. Austen, C. Davis, R. Manby and H.S. Cox, C. Bathurst, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, J. Robinson, J. Hinton, J. and J. Rivington, and M. Cooper, 1747-1766. 6 vols. in 7, continuously paginated. Volume 4: 2242-51. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Backgrounds and General Criticism Review This biography of Gower--signed only "E," but see N.B. below--digests, substantially extends, and at times critiques or corrects information and opinions found in works by John Leland, John Bale, John Stow, John Pits, Thomas Fuller, and others, acknowledging, quoting from, and responding to them in side-bar citations, augmented by lengthy footnotes that supply social, literary, and bibliographical background and context. It is a remarkable achievement, not easily absorbed or summarized, but well worth attention as a valuable snapshot of eighteenth-century knowledge and opinions of Gower. The main entry, for example, considers the question of Gower's presumed change of allegiance from Richard to Henry, summarizing comments of some who "blame [Gower] exceedingly for his conduct in this respect," and asserting instead that it "may be, and indeed is, much more like to be the truth, that our author was ever averse to King Richard's administration, in consequence of his [Gower's] steady attachment to Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester" (2244-45). Many of Gower's shorter works--his "little discourses on religious and moral subjects," we are told--need to be "drawn out of the dust and cobwebs" and "ensured against oblivion by the press" for their historical value and their moral sentiment (2247-48). Together, the "joint endeavors" of Gower and Chaucer made it possible that "there came to be such a thing as English poetry" (2250). Individual notes offer perspectives on heraldry and Gower's putative status as a knight (Note A); extensive information about his tomb and its inscriptions, including quotations (H); and several conjectural possibilities concerning the poet's ancestry, progeny, and the implications of his Lancastrian collar "of SS" and connections with Henry IV (I). Note B describes aspects of Gower-Chaucer relations and quotes the poets' references to each other--Chaucer's reference to "moral Gower" in Troilus and Criseyde 5.1856-59 and Venus's greeting to Chaucer in CA 8.*2941-57, each with modern translation. Note D dilates further on Gower's possible opinions of Richard II and historical assessments of those opinions. Notes E and G include extensive lists of Gower's minor works, with manuscript references and commentary on Gower's political views; E prints a full version of "In Praise of Peace" from John Urry's 1721 edition of Chaucer's works. In note C, which pertains to Gower's major works, discussion of the Speculum Meditantis (i.e., Mirour de l'Omme) is misleading: "two copies" are "in the Bodleian Library . . . written in French, in ten books," with citation of manuscripts "NE. F.8,9" and of "Fairfax 3." I have been unable to identify the first shelfmark (although it suggests shelving by geography), and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Fairfax 3, does not include the poem, although its colophon (f. 194r) describes the work as being in French and in ten parts, information also found in other Gowerian colophons. Note C quotes the headnote and opening line of Gower's Traitié pour Essampler les Amants Marietz, erroneously, as the "title at large" of MO, conflating the two works. Continuing, note C describes Vox Clamantis as "a kind of chronicle or history of the insurrection . . . in the reign of Richard II," with references to several manuscripts in Oxford libraries, and others "more frequent in private hands." The note prints VC Book I, chapter xi, 783-830 (no source-manuscript given)--to my knowledge, the first printing of any portion of the poem. The passage is given in Latin only, we are told apologetically, because translation "would be very difficult if not impossible." Note C also quotes, with translation, the "title at large" of VC as found in Tiberius A.IV.1 of the Cotton collection ("a very correct manuscript"), then goes on to describe one of the Oxford manuscripts--All Souls MS 98, here cited as "MS. Oxon. in Coll. Omn. Animarum, 26"--as a "fairer and more beautiful manuscript," from which the epistle to Archbishop Arundel is quoted as evidence that this version is a "kind of second edition when [Gower] joined to it some other historical pieces, and being written as himself says, when he was old and blind, might very probably be one of the last things he ever penned, or rather dictated" (p. 2244). Note C continues with brief comments on the Caxton edition of the Confessio Amantis and Thomas Berthelette's editions of the poem, with no accompanying discussion of manuscripts. A side-bar reference to a "curious account" in the William Caxton entry earlier in the Biographia [see volume 2, pp. 1240-4, note O] leads us to a discussion of Caxton's title-page to CA and the CA Prologues in Caxton and in Berthelette that explores historical and textual aspects of the Prologues and dedications of these printed editions--preceded by commentary that corrects or at least addresses several emphases in earlier biographical accounts of Gower. Returning to note C of the main Gower entry, we find CA described as a "kind of poetical system of Morality, interspersed with weighty sentences, excellent maxims, and shrewd sayings; but far the greatest part [is] composed of pleasant stories happily introduced as instances or examples in support of the virtuous doctrine delivered." In support of the main-entry assertion that Gower's works reflect deep learning and probity as "monuments of the progress of good sense thro' former ages" (p. 2246), note F prints CA, Book VII, 3945-60 in Middle English, and translates into modern poetry the entire Tale of the Courtiers and the Fool (VII, 3945-4026), offering it as an example of Gower's sensible advice to Richard II and evidence that Gower "knew the force of example and commonly illustrated his precepts by having recourse to antient or modern history" (2248). Note K comprises quotations that illustrate Gower's early modern reception: selections from Berthelette, George Puttenham, Sir Philip Sidney, and Henry Peacham. The main entry concludes by explaining that "it was a point of duty to render so much justice to John Gower, whose memory has been too much neglected by some and too hastily injured by others . . . . And it is from a consciousness of this, that we have not spared either industry or labour, to set, as we hope we have done, this article in a proper light." N.B. In the Preface to the second volume of the second edition of the Biographia Britannica (5 vols., 1778-93), p. viii, Andrew Kippis explains that entries in the Biographia signed "E" (as is the one about Gower and the one about Chaucer) were contributed by "Dr. Campbell," whom Kippis later identifies (p. 423, note B) as the author of The Political Survey of Britain (1774), i.e., Dr. John Campbell (1708-1775). Kippis also says that entries signed "G" (as is the Caxton entry mentioned above) were contributed by William Oldys. [MA] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower [John]. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1747-1766 1778-1793, 2d ed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biographical sketch of Gower. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Tanner, Thomas. Published Tanner, Thomas. Bibliotecha Britannico-Hibernica. London: Society for the Promotion of Letters, pp. 335-37 Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bibliotecha Britannico-Hibernica. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1748 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Biography of "Sir John Gower" and description of his tomb, with comments on the three books of the tomb, with quotations from the wall paintings and Epitaph. Includes a brief quotation from CA Book II, 291-99, and an error-ridden list of ten works besides those "already mentioned." [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Cibber, Theophilus. Published Cibber, Theophilus. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland to the Time of Dean Swift. London: R. Griffith, 1753, I, 20-23. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland to the Time of Dean Swift. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1753 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Johnson prints CA Prologue 499-528 in the prefatory material to his dictionary, the section titled "The History of the English Language" and calls Gower "the father of our poetry." He includes biographical matter a brief literary assessment, describing Gower as the first author "who can be properly said to have written 'English'" and disagreeing with John Dryden's view that Chaucer was the "first refinement" of English verse and English language: "he that reads the works of Gower will find smooth numbers and easy rhymes, of which Chaucer is supposed to have been the inventor, and the French words, whether good or bad, of which Chaucer is charged as the importer." Both Gower and Lydgate, Johnson says, "sufficiently evince" that Chaucer's diction "was in general like that of his contemporaries." [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Johnson, Samuel. Published Johnson, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. London: J. & P. Knapton, 1755, n.p. Gower Subject Language and Word Studies Style, Rhetoric, and Versification Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Dictionary of the English Language. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1755 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Warton's chapter on Gower occurs on pp. 1-31 of volume 2 (1778) of his classic work. Warton opens with a broad assessment of Gower's achievement: "If Chaucer had not existed, the compositions of John Gower, the next poet in succession, would alone have been sufficient to rescue the reigns of Edward the third and Richard the second from the imputation of barbarism" (1). After mention of Gower's reform of the English language, and a description of his three great works, Warton dwells briefly on Gower's biography. In particular, he argues that Gower's piety is demonstrated by his contributions to the Priory of St. Mary Overeys. The rest of the chapter enumerates the probable sources of the CA, and describes each in some detail. Warton suggests that Gower's immediate model for the CA was likely the Romance of the Rose. Gower, however, lacks Jean de Meun's warmth of personification. He "seldom attempted to imitate the picturesque imageries, and expressive personifications, of that exquisite allegory" (4). Instead, Gower rationally enumerates the qualities of his personifications (Avarice, Neglicence, etc.), borrowing additional maxims and narratives from his "common-place book" (4). Warton further praises Gower for his scientific knowledge (in Book 4 of the CA) and suggests that "Gower very probably conducted his associate Chaucer into these profound mysteries" (5). Next, Warton turns his attention to Book 7, which he criticizes for its lack of ornamentation. Perhaps the only exception is the description of the chariot and crown of the sun, from which Warton quotes at some length. Warton notes Book 7's indebtedness to the Secreta Secretorum, but argues that Gower's most important source for the CA's exempla is Godfrey of Viterbo's Pantheon. Gower also used the latter's Speculum Regum and borrowed extensively from other comprehensive medieval chronicles. Three additional sources that Warton mentions are Guido della Collone, the Romance of Sir Lancelot, and the Gesta Romanorum. Gower's use of the Gesta is clear from a number of references to the old "gestes." One of the tales Gower borrows from the Gesta Romanorum is the tale of the "Two Coffers" (CA 5.2273-2390). Warton relates this tale and its source to a similar incident in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Given Gower's extensive knowledge of literature and science, Warton is amused to find him make some mistakes: "It is pleasant to observe the strange mistakes which Gower, a man of great learning, and the most general scholar of his age, has committed in this poem, concerning books which he never saw, his violent anachronisms, and misrepresentations of the most common facts and characters" (20). Warton takes issue, for instance, with the names Gower mentions as examples of the first authors and chroniclers (4.2407-12) and with his telling of the story of the "Jew and the Pagan" in Book 7. After a series of other brief references to biblical, classical and medieval sources, Warton tries to situate the CA in relation to the work of Chaucer. He suggests that the CA must have been written after Chaucer's TC, because reference is made to reading the story of Troilus (CA 4.2795). The CA must also have been written after the Floure and the Leafe, which Warton ascribes to Chaucer. Gower's imitation of this work is most evident in the tale of "Rosiphelee," in Book 4 of the CA, although Gower makes reference to this courtly debate elsewhere as well. Finally, Warton believes that Gower's "affection of appearing learned" (31) is typical of the early poets. By contrast, Chaucer is the exception to this rule. His "original feelings were too strong to be suppressed by books" and his "learning was overbalanced by genius" (31). Gower instead strove too hard to be a scholar. Among his lengthy but unpaginated "Emendations and Additions" included after page 463 in volume II, Warton describes the contents of the Trentham MS (which he refers to as "a thin oblong manuscript on vellum" found in "lord Gower's library" and, later, "lord Gower's manuscript"), with particular attention to the CB, which Warton approves of highly, commending them as "tender, pathetic, and poetical," perhaps superior to "any even among the French poets." He tells us they "place our old poet Gower in a more advantageous light than that in which he has hitherto been usually seen," suggesting that they "were probably written when Gower was a young man, about the year 1350." He prints samples of CB for the first time: 20, 34, 36, and 43. His discussion of the manuscript and the printing of the four balades are incorporated in subsequent editions of Warton's "History" as a continuation of his discussion of CA; also, numerous references to Gower's works (too many to tally easily) appear in Warton, often as analogues to or influence on works by others, particularly Chaucer. Subsequent editions and reprints of this influential study (under titles that vary slightly) include additional notes and emendations by editors and various contributors; most notable are Richard Price's edition of 1824, Richard Taylor's of 1840, and William Hazlitt's of 1871. [CvD; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Warton, Thomas Published Warton, Thomas. "The History of English Poetry from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century." 3 vols. London: [Dodsley], 1774-1781. Variously expanded and reprinted. Gower Subject Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Style, Rhetoric, and Versification Biography of Gower Vox Clamantis Confessio Amantis Mirour de l'Omme (Speculum Meditantis) Cinkante Balades Manuscripts and Textual Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The History of English Poetry from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available London: [Dodsley], Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1774-1781 1778 (volume 2) Type The nature or genre of the resource Book PeerReviewed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "In Praise of Peace"; citing John Urry's edition, 1721. [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Bell, John, printer. Published Bell, John, printer. The Poetical Works of Geoff. Chaucer in Fourteen Volumes: The Miscellaneous Pieces from Urry's edition 1721, The Canterbury Tales from Tyrwhitt's edition 1775. Edinburg: Apollo Press, 1782. Vol. XIII, pp. 139-53. Gower Subject In Praise of Peace Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Poetical Works of Geoff. Chaucer in Fourteen Volumes: The Miscellaneous Pieces from Urry's Edition 1721, The Canterbury Tales from Tyrwhitt's Edition 1775. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1782 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Herbert, William Published Herbert, William. Typographical Antiquities: Or an Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Memoirs of Our Ancient Printers, and a Register of Books Printed by Them, from the Year MCCCCLXXI to the Year MDC. London: T. Payne and Son, 1785, pp. 45, 419, 456. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Review Comments on the production and distribution histories of Caxton's 1483 edition of CA and Berthelette's two editions (1532 & 1554) of the same. Augmented by Thomas Frognall Dibdin in 1810-1816. [RFY1981]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Typographical Antiquities: Or an Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Memoirs of Our Ancient Printers, and a Register of Books Printed by Them, from the Year MCCCCLXXI to the Year MDC. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1785 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Describes Gower's tomb, with engravings of vertical and horizontal views; exact facsimiles of inscriptions. Also prints Gower's will in full. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Gough, Richard. Published Gough, Richard. Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain. London: J. Nicols, 1796, II, 24-26. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1796 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review The 1801 edition of Ellis's work, an expanded version of the one-volume edition of 1790 (which covered only poetry form the fifteenth to the seventeenth century), for the first time includes a chapter on Gower (pp. 169-98 of volume 1). The basic approach of this anthology is to provide brief sketches of the authors and short selections from their works. Gower is slotted in under the reign of Edward III. Ellis gives Gower's birth-date as approximately 1326 (see the table on p. xi), and suggests that he died in 1402. According to Ellis, little is known about Gower's life, except that he must have been well-born, and indeed well-off, if he could afford to study at the Inns of Court and contribute financially to the priory of St. Mary Overeys. Ellis believes that Gower's earliest compositions were his French ballads, and he quotes one as an example. A summary overview of the VC and MO follows, and the rest of the chapter focuses on the CA. Ellis argues that Gower's decision not to write in English until later in life is explained by the prominence of French at the court of Edward III. Much of Ellis's overview of the CA is borrowed from Thomas Warton (particularly the account of Gower's sources). Ellis adds some final observations, including a critique of Gower's adaptation of Ovid. According to Ellis, when we read Gower's retellings, "we feel a mixture of surprise and despair, at the perverse industry employed in removing every detail, on which the imagination had been accustomed to fasten. The author of the Metamorphosis was a poet, and at least sufficiently fond of ornament; Gower considers him as a mere annalist" (177). Ellis therefore considers that Gower's popularity "is, perhaps, not very likely to revive" (177-78), but he mentions some narratives worth reading and suggests that books 4 and 7 of the CA are useful as compendia of learning. As a specimen of Gower's writing, Ellis offers the tale of "Florent," not only because it provides an analogue to Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale, but also because "the story has considerable merit" (179). [CvD] Author/Editor Author/Editor Ellis, George Published Ellis, George. "Specimens of the Early English Poets, to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English Poetry and Language; in three volumes." London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1801 Gower Subject Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Vox Clamantis Biography of Gower Cinkante Balades Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Mirour de l'Omme (Speculum Meditantis) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Specimens of the Early English Poets, to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English Poetry and Language; in three volumes Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W. Bulmer and Co., Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1801 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book PeerReviewed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review On Chaucer-Gower relations. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Ritson, Joseph. Published Ritson, Joseph. Bibliographia Poetica: A Catalogue of English Poets of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries with a Short Account of Their Works. London: G. & W. Nichol, 1803, pp, 24-25 Gower Subject Biography of Gower Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bibliographia Poetica: A Catalogue of English Poets of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries with a Short Account of Their Works. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1803 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints Berthelette's Preface from the edition of 1554, the "first division" of CA Prologue, with Latin head, 1-92, and Latin head beginning "division two." [RFY1891]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Brydges, Sir Egerton. Published Brydges, Sir Egerton. Censura literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books, with Original Disquisitions, Articles of Biography, and Other Literary Antiquities. Vols. 9-10. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, pp. 346-58. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books, with Original Disquisitions, Articles of Biography, and Other Literary Antiquities Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1809 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower figures prominently in sections 2-4 of Todd's work, as well as in his Introduction. Todd points out that he usually deals with Gower before Chaucer, not because he gives "precedence in respect to talents" (xxvi), but because of "chronological propriety" (xxvi); later writers generally considered Gower to have been the senior and, to some extent, prior writer. Section 2 provides a copy of Gower's will, along with a deed from 1346, witnessed by a John Gower (and to which another hand, at least a century later, added "Sr. John Gower the Poet"). In the Introduction (see especially xii-xxi), Todd argues that the poet's bequests in his will show his wealth and opulence. The will also suggests that Gower was nobly born, which he must have been if he was able to study in the Inns of Court. The deed in section 2 further demonstrates that he was of the House of Stitenham in Yorkshire. Section 3 provides an overview of the extant manuscripts of Gower's work, with descriptions of their contents and history. Special attention is given to the CB, from which a number of ballads are transcribed. Todd also suggests that the MO is no longer extant, and that prior critics have mistaken it for the Traitie (111). One additional Gower manuscript is mentioned amid the discussion of Chaucer's works (127). Section 4 of Todd's book includes the dedication and preface from Berthelet's 1532 edition of the CA; the Tale of the Caskets (from Book 5); a short selection from Book 6 (about gratification derived from the sense of hearing); and some commentary. In his comments, Todd compares The Tale of the Caskets to various analogues. He also argues that the selection from Book 6 shows Gower's skill as a poet (Todd compares him to Milton), and as a lover of romances. There are, finally, a few sporadic references to Gower in the rest of Todd's work (see, for instance, the discussion of Gower's contribution to the Flower and the Leaf debate (275-80). [CvD] Author/Editor Author/Editor Todd, Rev. Henry J Published Todd, Rev. Henry J. "Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer collected from authentic documents." London: Woodfall, 1810 Gower Subject Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Vox Clamantis Cinkante Balades Biography of Gower Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Traitié pour Essampler les Amants Marietz Manuscripts and Textual Studies Mirour de l'Omme (Speculum Meditantis) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer collected from authentic documents Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Woodfall, Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1810 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book PeerReviewed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Reprints Berthelette's 1554 edition of CA, preceded (pp. iii-xii) by a brief biography of Gower and, following Thomas Warton, a reprinting of CB 20, 34, 36, and 43. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Chalmers, Alexander, ed. Published Chalmers, Alexander, ed. The Works of the English Poets. 21 vols. London: J. Johnson, 1810, Volume 2:7-274. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Cinkante Balades Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Works of the English Poets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1810 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Author/Editor Author/Editor Brunet, Jacque-Charles. Review Apparently concerned only with Caxton's edition (1483) of CA; unexamined. [RFY1981]. Published Brunet, Jacque-Charles. Manuel du Librairie et de l'Amateur de Livres. Paris: Brunet-Leblanc, 1810. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1810 Title A name given to the resource Manuel du Librairie et de l'Amateur de Livres. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Commentary on editions of CA by Caxton (1483) and Berthelette (1532 and 1554). Augments William Herbert, Typographical Antiquities . . . (1785). [RFY1981]. Published Dibdin, Thomas Frognall. Typographical Antiquities: Or, the History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland. London: J. Murray, 1810-1816, I, 177-85; III, 278, 340. [Alternative title: Typographical Antiquities: Or, the History of Printing in Great Britain]. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Typographical Antiquities: Or, the History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1810-1816 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints CB 36, without second stanza, along with "Florent" from CA, 1:1407-186, with no source given, but occasional glosses and prefatory comments. Prefaced by commentary on Gower's life and works, recurrently critiquing Thomas Warton, 1774-81. [RFY1891]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Ellis, George, ed. Published Ellis, George, ed. Specimens of the Early English Poets: To Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language. 3 vols. 4th ed., corrected, London: Hurst, Reed, Orme, and Brown, 1811, 1:169-200. Gower Subject Cinkante Balades Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Specimens of the Early English Poets: To Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1811 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints Leland's life of Gower (1709) and, following Todd (1810), attaches Gower to the Stitenham family, Yorkshire. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Brydges, Sir Egerton Haslewood, Joseph Published Brydges, Sir Egerton, and Joseph Haslewood. The British Bibliographer. London: R. Triphook, 1812, II, 1-4. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The British Bibliographer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1812 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Dibdin, Thomas Frognall. Published Dibdin, Thomas Frognall. Bibliotheca Spenceriana: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century and of Many Valuable First Editions in the Library of George John, Lord Spencer. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, 1814-23, IV, 266. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Review Describes a copy of Caxton's edition of CA (1483), reprinting Caxton's full title and colophon, and referring the reader to Dibdin's Typographical Antiquities (1816, I, 177-85). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bibliotheca Spenceriana: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century and of Many Valuable First Editions in the Library of George John, Lord Spencer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1814-1823 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Anonymous article includes a description of Gower's tomb as evidence. [RFY1981]. Published "Notes on the History of Wearing 'SS' Collars." Gentleman's Magazine 51 (1815): 109-10. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Notes on the History of Wearing 'SS' Collars. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1815 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints complete Cinkante Balades, Traitié pour Essampler les Amants Marietz, "Rex Coeli," "Ecce Patet Tensus," and "Henrici Quarti" variation of "Quicquid Homo Scribat," with introduction by George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of Sutherland. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of Sutherland, intro. Published John Gower: Balades and Other Poems. Printed from the Original Manuscript in the Library of the Marquis of Stafford at Trentham. Roxburghe Club, [no. 19]. London: W. Bulmer, 1818. Gower Subject Cinkante Balades Traitié pour Essampler les Amants Marietz Minor Latin Poetry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Gower: Balades and Other Poems. Printed from the Original Manuscript in the Library of the Marquis of Stafford at Trentham. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1818 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "Two Coffers" from CA, Book V, 2273-2390; and from Book VI, 827-88. Occasional glosses; no source; brief biography. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Campbell, Thomas. ed. Published Campbell, Thomas, ed. Specimens of the British Poets. 7 vols. London: John Murray, 1819, II: 52-58. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Specimens of the British Poets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1819 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "Florent" from CA Book I, 1407-1861, 1883-99; and selections from Gower's descriptions of several vices: II, 383-400, 1879-1924; III, 417-68; IV, 313-70; 887-911; 1083-1111; 2701-43; V, 1-57; 4383-4414; 6075-6101. No source given. The "Life of Gower" emphasizes his use of classical material, following Petrarch and Boccaccio. [RFY1891]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Sanford, Ezekial, ed. Published Sanford, Ezekial, ed. The Works of the British Poets, with Lives of the Authors. [25 vols.] Philadelphia: Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819, 1:219-55. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Biography of Gower Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Works of the British Poets, with Lives of the Authors. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1819 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Ebert, Friedrich. Published Ebert, Friedrich. Algemeins Bibliographisches Lexicon. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1821, I, 697. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Review Describes Caxton's 1483 edition of CA. [RFY1981]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Algemeins Bibliographisches Lexicon. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1821 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Watt, Robert. Published Watt, Robert. Bibliotecha Britannica: A General Index to British and Foreign Literature. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1824, p. 430q. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Biography of Gower Review Brief entry on Gower's life and CA, mentioning Caxton's edition (1483) and three by Berthelette (1532, 1544 [apparently now lost or an error], and 1544. [RFY1981]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bibliotecha Britannica: A General Index to British and Foreign Literature. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1824 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Hain, Ludovici. Published Hain, Ludovici. Repertorium bibliographicum, in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD . . . etc. Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta, 1826, I, ii, 490. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Review Prints Caxton's colophon from 1483 edition of CA.[RFY1981]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Repertorium bibliographicum, in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD . . . etc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1826 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Biographical sketch of Gower, summarizing earlier commentary; engraving of his tomb, with description. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Blore, Edward. Published Blore, Edward. The Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, Comprising the Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain. London: Harding, Lepard, 1826, pp. 1-16. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, Comprising the Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1826 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Nicolas argues against the opinion that the poet was a member of the Gower family of Stitenham, in Yorkshire, and suggests instead that Gower should be associated primarily with land holdings in Suffolk and Kent. Nicolas points to a 1373 deed relating to lands in Suffolk and to which the same arms and crest as the poet's are affixed. The John Gower of the deed is said to be lord of the manor of Kentwell (in Suffolk), feoffees of which resided in Kent. Since members of the feoffees' families were among the poet Gower's executors, it seems likely that he was connected with that county. Nicolas therefore carefully traces the history of the Gower family associated with the manor of Kentwell. He demonstrates that in 1333 the manor was granted to a Sir Robert Gower, who was likely the poet's uncle. Sir Robert had two daughters, Joan and Katherine, the former of whom granted the manor to a John Gower in 1368. Nicolas also connects the poet to the Septvans family in Kent (Gower was a feoffee of the manor of Aldyngton). All of this suggests that even though Gower was not a member the Yorkshire Gower family (who bore "radically distinct" (111) arms), he was still well born and possessed of considerable property. Nicolas speculates on whether he may have had children, and he traces the possible descent of Gower's family and relatives well into the fifteenth century. Lastly, Nicolas presents two new pieces of information about Gower, the one a 1382 indenture relating to the manors of Feltwell in Norfolk and Multon in Suffolk, and the other a record of Henry of Lancaster's gift of a collar to "un esquier John Gower" (117). The article also contains a copy of Gower's will, a description of Gower's tomb, excerpted from Blore's "Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain," and two references to his life in copies of the CA and the VC. [CvD] Author/Editor Author/Editor Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris. Published Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris. "John Gower, the Poet." Retrospective Review and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine 2 (1828), pp. 103-117. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Gower, the Poet Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1828 Type The nature or genre of the resource Article PeerReviewed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Quotes Chaucer-editors John Urry (1721) and Thomas Tyrwhitt (1775) to show Gower was a fickle seeker after power; unlike him, Chaucer addressed "not one line . . . in the way of adulation to the usurper." [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Clarke, Charles C. Published Clarke, Charles C. The Riches of Chaucer. London: E. Wilson, 1835, I, 35. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Riches of Chaucer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower was a moral poet; names only the CA as his work. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Chambers, Robert. Published Chambers, Robert. History of the English Language and Literature. Hartford, CT: Edward Hopkins, 1837, p. 13. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of the English Language and Literature. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "Apollonius of Tyre." CA, Book VII, 271-2008. Text based on MS. Harley 3490. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Collier, J. Payne, ed. Published Collier, J. Payne, ed. Shakespeare's Library: A Collection of the Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories, used by Shakespeare . . . , etc. 2 vols. London: Thomas Rodd, 1843, 1:259-312. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Influence and Later Allusion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shakespeare's Library: A Collection of the Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories, used by Shakespeare . . . , etc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1843 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Date of birth; allusions by Chaucer and Lydgate; outline of the CA. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Craik, George L. Published Craik, George L. Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England from the Norman Conquest to the Accession of Elizabeth. 2 vols. London: Charles Knight, 1844, II, 90-101. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Confessio Amantis Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England from the Norman Conquest to the Accession of Elizabeth. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1844 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower is a treasure house of information about medieval attitudes and life, but possesses little genius. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Campbell, Thomas. Published Campbell, Thomas. An Essay on English Poetry: With Notices of the English Poets. London: J. Murray, 1848, pp. 135-36. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Essay on English Poetry: With Notices of the English Poets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1848 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints entirely of VC, with CrT, based on MS. All Souls, collated with MSS. Digby and Cotton A IV. Also prints "Quicquid Homo Scribat," "Eneidos Bucolis," and "O Deus Immense." [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Coxe, Rev. H. O., ed. Published Coxe, Rev. H. O., ed. Poema quod dicitur Vox clamantis, necnon Chronica tripartita. London: Roxburghe Club, 1850. Unrestricted access at http://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10800469-2. Accessed June 15, 2022. Gower Subject Vox Clamantis Cronica Tripertita Minor Latin Poetry Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poema quod dicitur Vox clamantis, necnon Chronica tripartita. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints, following Thomas Warton (1778), two passages from CA that "convey a lively impression of the author" and adds portions of two tales (no source given): "Rosiphele" IV, 1283-1328, 1430-34, and "The Travelers and the Angel," II, 291-364; glosses at bottom of page. Brief biography, with portrait. A fourth edition (1893), edited by Robert Carruthers, titled "Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors with Specimens of Their Writings," I:22-23, prints "Two Coffers," CA V, 2273-2390, instead of "Rosiphele" and "The Travelers." [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Chambers, Robert, ed. Published Chambers, Robert, ed. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors from the Earliest to the Present Times. London: W. & R. Chambers, 1854, volume I, pp. 23-25. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Confessio Amants Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors from the Earliest to the Present Times. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Cites Chaucer's reference to "moral Gower" in "Troilus and Criseyde," Book V. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Reed, Henry. Published Reed, Henry. Lectures on English Literature from Chaucer to Tennyson. Philadelphia: Parry and Macmillan, 1855, p. 127. Gower Subject Gower's Influence and Later Allusion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lectures on English Literature from Chaucer to Tennyson. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1855 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Based on Berthelette, edition of 1532, and collated with MSS. Harleian 7184, 3869, 3490, and Stafford MS. Volume 1:xxviii-xxxii suggests date of 1383-86 for CA; 1:v-xxxviii includes a biographical sketch of Gower and a description of his tomb, both relying heavily on Sir Harris Nicholas (1828); 1:xxvi-xxviii prints CB 20 and 25, with texts based on Roxburghe Club edition (1818). [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Pauli, Reinhold, ed. Published Pauli, Reinhold, ed. The Confessio Amantis of John Gower. 3 vols. London: Bell and Daldy, 1857. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Cinkante Balades Biography of Gower Manuscripts and Textual Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Confessio Amantis of John Gower. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1857 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower is a distant "second in merit" to Chaucer; his CA is a "voluminous didactic poem," eclectic, but not distinctly English. [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Reed, Henry. Published Reed, Henry. Lectures on the British Poets. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1857, pp. 49, 92-93. . Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Confessio Amantis Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lectures on the British Poets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1857 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Anonymous, Published Anonymous,. "John Gower and his Works." The British Quarterly Review 27.53 (1858), pp. 3-36. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Confessio Amantis Vox Clamantis Cinkante Balades Cronica Tripertita Review The anonymous author reviews Gower's works, life, and reputation, likely in response to the publication of Pauli's CA in 1857. After a description of Gower's tomb, the author suggests that Gower should be remembered mostly for his contribution to the rise of the English vernacular (4). A brief history of the decline of Gower's reputation follows, as well as a synopsis of Gower's life that borrows heavily from Sir Harris Nicolas. The author feels that Gower likely was not a lawyer, though he could have met Chaucer as a student at the Inner Temple. Gower was likely a "gay and courtly esquire" (6) in the reign of Edward III. Gower may also have seen the battlefield in France or at least jousted, given "the lofty views he entertained of the knightly character" (6). Gower's income from multiple manors gave him independent standing, although he was part of Richard II's court and likely took up service in the house of Henry of Lancaster. Gower's supposed shift in allegiance from Richard to Henry can be explained quite simply: "the dedication [of the CA] proves that Gower offered his homage to Henry of Lancaster while he was only Earl of Derby, and when the chance of his becoming King was scarcely within the bounds of possibility" (9). If there was one thing that may have been distasteful to Richard, it was Gower's sharp criticisms of the Lollards, since many of Richard's nearest relations favoured Wyclif's ideas (10). Chaucer may have been annoyed that Gower shared Lancastrian patronage, and perhaps this explains the rift in their friendship (11). After a brief discussion of Gower's will, the author gives summaries of Gower's major works. Lyrical works like the CB are preferred over the satire of the VC and once more the author notes Gower's contribution to the vernacular in the CA. Despite Gower's accomplishments, though, he is rated well below Chaucer and Langland (36). [CvD] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Gower and his Works. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1858 Type The nature or genre of the resource Article PeerReviewed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Includes translation of Cinkante Balades 21, 30, and two stanzas of 48. [RFY1981]. Published British Quarterly Review 27 (1858): 3-36. Gower Subject Cinkante Balades Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anonymous review of Pauli (1857), Cox (1850), and Balades and Other Poems (1818). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1858 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Larking translates from Latin and Anglo-Norman French the legal documents related to the case of the underage heir William de Septvans the younger, "evidently a youth of weak mind and reckless habits" (125), whose father's lands in Kent (including the manor of Aldington) were held of Edward III "in capite," and "alienated" into "the hands of most unscrupulous and crafty plunderers," one of whom was John Gower. Also translated is an excerpt from Froissart, describing the capture of the Count d'Eu and Guisnes, Constable of France, and the Count de Tancarville in 1346. [RFY. Copyright. John Gower Society. eJGN 44.1] Author/Editor Author/Editor L. B. L. [Lambert B. Larking]. Published L. B. L. [Lambert B. Larking]. "'Probatio Aetatis' of William de Septvans, from the Surrenden Collection." Archaeologia Cantiana 1 (1858): 124-36. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Probatio Aetatis" of William de Septvans, from the Surrenden Collection. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1858 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints CrT, based on MS. Cotton Tiberius A IV, collated with MSS. Harley 6391 and All Souls; "In Praise of Peace," based on MS. Trentham; and "Carmen Super Multiplici Vitiorum Pertilentia," "De Lucis Scrutinio," "O Deus Immense," and "Rex Coeli Deus," based on MS Cotton Tiberius A IV, collated with MS. Trentham. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Wright, Thomas, ed. Published Wright, Thomas, ed. Political Poems and Songs Relating to English History. 2 vols. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859, 1:417-54. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Cronica Tripertita In Praise of Peace Minor Latin Poetry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Political Poems and Songs Relating to English History. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1859 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review The Northwood family, prominent landholders in east Kent, may have been related to Gower through the female line. The article as its title suggests lays out the generational family, as presented in London, British Library MS Additional 75889, a chronicle roll related to the manor of Thurnham, in Kent. The roll covers the period early to late 1380s, when it was transcribed. [RFY. Copyright. John Gower Society. eJGN 44.1] Author/Editor Author/Editor L. B. L. [Lambert B. Larking]. Published L. B. L. [Lambert B. Larking]. "Genealogical Notices of the Northwoods." Archaeologia Cantiana 2 (1859): 9-42. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Genealogical Notices of the Northwoods. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1859 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower uses Ovid extensively in CA, and Bartsch discusses instances tale by tale, though erratically. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Bartsch, Karl. Published Bartsch, Karl. Albrecht von Halberstadt und Ovid im Mittelalter Bibliothek der gesammten deutschen National-Literatur von der altesten bis auf die neuere Zeit. Quedlinburg und Leipzig: Gottfried Basse, 1861, pp. xix, xxv, xlvii, lix, lxvi. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Albrecht von Halberstadt und Ovid im Mittelalter Bibliothek der gesammten deutschen National-Literatur von der altesten bis auf die neuere Zeit. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Argues that Gower's popularity in his own time, and in the hundred or so years following his death, was due primarily to a contemporary taste for elaborate allegory, not to the poet's talent. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Pauli, Reinhold. Published Pauli, Reinhold. Pictures of Old England. Translated by E.C. Otto. London: Macmillan, 1861, pp. 212-16, 220-26. Argues Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pictures of Old England. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Blades, William. Published Blades, William. The Life and Typography of William Caxton. 2 vols. London: Joseph Lilly, 1861-1863, I, 34, 64, 72-73; II, 139-43. Gower Subject Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Manuscripts and Textual Studies Confessio Amantis Review Details Caxton's work in 1483, including description of his edition of CA, in technical terms; also contains a list of certain manuscripts and their locations. [RFY1981]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Life and Typography of William Caxton. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1863 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Ebert, Adolf. Published Ebert, Adolf. "Die Handschriften der Escorial-Bibliothek aus dem Gebiete der Romanischen Literaturen, sowie der Englischen." Jahrbuch für Romanische end Englische Literatur 4 (1862): 46-69, esp. 69. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Manuscripts and Textual Studies Review Notes the presence of a Gower manuscript in the Escorial library, giving no description but labeling it "Gower's Confessio Amantis, Papierhandschrit des XIV. G-II-19 (cat. 43)." [RFY1981]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Die Handschriften der Escorial-Bibliothek aus dem Gebiete der Romanischen Literaturen, sowie der Englischen. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower's French is too Anglicized to be seriously considered as French; Gower described as a strong moralist. [RGY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Taine, Hippolyte. Van Laun, Henry, trans. Published Taine, Hippolyte. Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise. 2 vols. Paris: Hachette, 1863, I, 203ff. Translated by Henry Van Laun. History of English Literature. New York: Holt and Williams, 1871, I, 74, 136. Gower Subject Language and Word Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Not on Gower specifically, but large color plates of court-gowned lawyers, illustrating what Gower would have looked like if he had been a lawyer. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Corner, George R. Published Corner, George R. "Observations on four Illuminations representing the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, at Westminster, from a MS. of the time of King Henry VI." Archaeologia 39, II (1863): 357-72. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Observations on four Illuminations representing the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, at Westminster, from a MS. of the time of King Henry VI. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "Gaius Fabricius," CA Book VII, 2783-2818. No source listed; brief biography. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Collier, William Francis. Published Collier, William Francis. A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1865. pp. 61-63. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Outlines of the VC and CA, and a discussion of some sources in Ovid. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Craik, George L. Published Craik, George L. A Manual of English Literature and the History of the English Language from the Norman Conquest. 5th ed. London: Charles Griffin, 1865, pp. 155-57. Gower Subject Vox Clamantis Confessio Amantis Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Manual of English Literature and the History of the English Language from the Norman Conquest. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Author/Editor Author/Editor Warwick, W. Published Warwick, W. "On Gower, The Kentish Poet, His Character and Works." Archaeologia Cantiana (1866), pp. 83-107. Gower Subject Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Style, Rhetoric, and Versification Biography of Gower Cinkante Balades Confessio Amantis Mirour de l'Omme (Speculum Meditantis) Review Warwick strengthens Gower's ties to Kent and assesses Gower's contribution to English letters. Warwick first outlines the dispute about whether Gower was from Stittenham in Yorkshire (the view of Leland and Todd), Wales (Caxton), or Kent (Weever and Nicolas). After reviewing Harris Nicolas's evidence for Kent – based primarily on deeds and on the poet's heraldic arms – Warwick adds further proof. In particular, Warwick reveals that the close rolls of the reigns of Edward III and Richard II seemingly paint an unflattering portrait of Gower. Gower may have been "somewhat of a speculator and land-jobber" (87) in Kent and nearby counties. Most damaging to Gower's reputation is his involvement with the notorious Septvans affair, where William Septvans, while legally a minor, alienated his lands to Gower and others under a false "probatio aetatis" (88). (The details of this incident are fleshed out in a lengthy footnote to Warwick's essay by another writer under the initials T. G. F.--perhaps Fleay). Warwick's final proof of Gower's "shrewd turn for business" is that Gower acted as attorney for Chaucer in 1378. This would suggest that the poets were friends, but Warwick next examines the possibility of an "estrangement" (91) between the poets. In particular, Warwick questions whether Gower's omission of his tribute to Chaucer from later editions of the CA should be interpreted in conjunction with the nearly simultaneous omission of the panegyric to Richard II. Influenced by the idea that Chaucer (rather than Usk) had written the Testament of Love, critics believed that Gower became a timid sycophant of Henry of Lancaster at the same time as he rejected his friend Chaucer who had landed in hot water for his support of Richard II. Warwick objects that the Chaucer reference is poetic and not political in character. Moreover, removing a panegyric and inserting a new one is an act that as a matter of course sends contradictory signals: it may seem obsequious and self-serving in relation to the new patron, yet represents a bold slap in the face to the form dedicatee (93-94). The remainder of Warwick's essay assesses Gower's literary merits. He argues that Gower's clear and smooth octosyllabic verse must have seemed "something marvellous" (94) to his own generation. Gower's educational program in the CA also supplied all the learning necessary for a gentleman up till the Renaissance. To the modern reader, however, Gower seems abstract, verbose, and lacking in "life" (95). Warwick concludes with some observations about Gower's relationship with Chaucer (he suggests that Chaucer's January is a parody of Gower the old lover) and about the meaning of the word "moral" in "moral Gower" (the word is more intellectual than ethical in connotation). [CvD] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On Gower, The Kentish Poet, His Character and Works. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866 Type The nature or genre of the resource Article PeerReviewed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Warwick opens with a brief biography, correcting then-current errors with surprising accuracy, e.g., Gower's lineage was not Yorkshire, but Kent and by way of proof prints line drawings of the effigy and arms of Sir Robert Gower, and of Gower's seal (85-86). His assessment of Gower's character makes use of documents related to Gower's land transactions (87-90). Warwick seems to have been the first to propose "three editions of the 'Confessio Amantis'"--what apparently became Macaulay's recensions: "the first, containing the compliments to Chaucer and the king; the second, omitting the praise of Chaucer when he had lost his place [i.e., in the wool staple]; and the third, expunging the praises of the king when he had lost his crown, and substituting for them a dedication to his successor" (94)--and perhaps first again to suggest that the character of Chaucer's January was based on Gower (105). The bulk of the article is an assessment, comparatively well balanced for a mid-Victorian, post-Romantic reader, of Gower's trilingual poetry ("he wrote a leash of languages," [97]), e.g., "And beyond all question, Gower contributed much to the moral philosophy of his country. But he was deficient in that living genius which brings man and nature before us as if alive again, and in that dramatic faculty which represents men, their feelings and their passions, in storied action" (106). [RFY. Copyright. John Gower Society. eJGN 44.1] Author/Editor Author/Editor Warwick, W[illiam]. Published Warwick, W[illiam]. "On Gower, the Kentish Poet, His Character and Works." Archaeologia Cantiana, 6 (1866): 83-107. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On Gower, the Kentish Poet, His Character and Works. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review A close, detailed, descriptive anatomy of Gower's usage, based on the 1857 text of Reinhold Pauli and arranged by parts of speech; fully illustrated with examples, and often with comparisons to Chaucer. General conclusions are that Gower's English is much like Chaucer's, but more regular, and replete with older forms. Suggests that further study may demonstrate that Chaucer's use of final –e is "freer" than that of Gower and thereby less monotonous to modern ears. [RFY1981; rev. MA]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Child, F. J. Published Child, F. J. "Observations on the Language of Gower's Confessio Amantis: A Supplement to Observations on the Language of Chaucer." Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. New Series, 9, part 1 (1867): 265-315. Gower Subject Language and Word Studies Style, Rhetoric, and Versification Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Observations on the Language of Gower's Confessio Amantis: A Supplement to Observations on the Language of Chaucer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief biography; summary of works; status as "second to Chaucer . . . cannot be disputed," although it "still must be confessed that old John is often prosy, and sometimes dull." [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Collier, William Francis. Published Collier, William Francis. A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches. London: Thomas Nelson, 1867, pp. 61-63. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Reprints from Reinhold Pauli (1857), CA Prologue, Latin head, and 92-192; "Mundus and Paulina." Book I, 761-1059; "Aeneas and Dido," Book IV, 77-146; "Ulysses and Penelope," Book IV, 147-233; and from Book VII, 1900-49. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Mätzner, E. A. F., ed. Published Mätzner, E. A. F., ed. Altenglischen Sprachproben. 2 vols. in 3. Berlin: Wiedmann, 1867-1900, 1:349-57. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Altenglischen Sprachproben. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867-1900 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review In discussing appearances of the "Secretum Secretorum," notes Gower's use of it in the CA, Book VII. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Knust, Hermann. Published Knust, Hermann. "Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Escorial-bibliothek." Jahrbuch für Romanische und Englische Literatur 10 (1869): 165. Gower Subject Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Confessio Amantis Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Escorial-bibliothek. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1869 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Reprints from Reinhold Pauli (1857), CA "Rosiphelee," Book IV, 1245-1453; "Ceix and Alceone," IV, 2972-3114. Brief biography; glossary. [RFY1891]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Corson, Hiram, ed. Published Corson, Hiram, ed. Handbook of Anglo-Saxon and Early English. New York: Holt and Williams, 1871, pp. 316-27. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Handbook of Anglo-Saxon and Early English. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "Nebuchhadnezzar," CA, Book I, 2785-3042 in three parallel texts, using MSS. Harley 3869, 7184, and Society of Antiquaries 134; "Venus' Leave-Taking," Book VIII, 2898-2913, 2935-70, in two parallel texts, using MSS. Harley 3490 and Society of Antiquaries 134. Includes a systematic orthography and conjectured pronunciation guide. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Ellis, Alexander John. Published Ellis, Alexander John. On Early English Pronunciation, with Special Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, etc. . . . 5 vols. London, 1871, 3:728-39. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Language and Word Studies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On Early English Pronunciation, with Special Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, etc. . . . Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review The archetype of criticism hostile to Gower, to wit: a poet of infinite dullness, thoroughly lacking in talent, or even the taste to write short poems; Chaucer's "Monk's Tale" "slyly satirizes" the "long-winded morality of Gower." [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Lowell, James Russell. Published Lowell, James Russell. My Study Windows. Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1871, pp. 252, 258-60 Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Influence and Later Allusion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My Study Windows. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review A list of comments by famous men on Gower and his work--includes Disraeli, Coleridge, Johnson, Warton, and others--but given without sources. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Russell, W. Clark. Published Russell, W. Clark. The Book of Authors. London: Warne, 1871, p. 2. Gower Subject Influence and Later Allusion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Book of Authors. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints "Traveler's and the Angel," CA, Book II, 291-364; "Rosiphelee," Book IV, 1283-1328; and "Two Coffers," Book V, 2273-90. Text based on Reinhold Pauli (1857), but partially modernized. [RFY1981]. NB: Also published under the title "Beeton's Great Book of Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson" (1870). Author/Editor Author/Editor Beeton, Samuel Orchart, and William Michael Rossetti, eds. Published Beeton, Samuel Orchart, and William Michael Rossetti, eds. Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry, from Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson. 2 vols. London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1873, volume 1: items 29-31. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry, from Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson. Beeton's Great Book of Poetry. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Plot summaries and assessments of Gower's poems, interspersed with biography, current events, and commentaries on Chaucer, Langland, and Wycliff as Gower's contemporaries. [RFY1981; rev. MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Morley, Henry. Published Morley, Henry. A First Sketch of English Literature. London: Cassell, 1873, pp, 129-31, 138-45, 156-59, 160-63, 178, 213, 309, 475, 744. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A First Sketch of English Literature. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower was "not highly illustrious," except as a friend of Chaucer. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Johnson, Richard Malcolm. Browne, William Hand. Published Johnson, Richard Malcolm, and William Hand Browne. English Literature: A Historical Sketch of English Literature from the Earliest Times. New York: University Publishing, 1873, p. 53. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource English Literature: A Historical Sketch of English Literature from the Earliest Time. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Description of Gower's tomb, with inscriptions reproduced; brief biography; fine short history of St. Mary Overy. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Wood, Alexander. Published Wood, Alexander. Ecclesiastical Antiquities of London and Its Suburbs. London: Burns and Oates, 1874, pp. 78-88. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ecclesiastical Antiquities of London and Its Suburbs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Generally negative assessment of Gower's poetic talents. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Minto, William. Published Minto, William. Characteristics of English Poets, from Chaucer to Shirley. London: W. Blackwood, 1874, pp. 71-76. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Characteristics of English Poets, from Chaucer to Shirley. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Gower was moral and pedantic; CA was based on the "Roman de la Rose." [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Gätschenberger, S. Published Gätschenberger, S. Geschichte der englischen dichtkunst nebst einer skizze der wissenschaftlichen Literatur England's. London: Wohlauer, 1874, p. 29 Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Confessio Amantis Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geschichte der englischen dichtkunst nebst einer skizze der wissenschaftlichen Literatur England's. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints CA, Book I, 1-529. Based on MSS. Harley 3869 and 1393; notes and glossary. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Wülker, Richard Paul, ed. Published Wülker, Richard Paul, ed. Altenglisches Lesebuch. 2 parts. Halle: Niemeyer, 1874-1879, 2:36-47. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Altenglisches Lesebuch. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1879 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review After Speght's edition of Chaucer appeared in 1598, Francis Thynne produced a volume of criticism, or "Animadversions" the following year. A brief portion of Thynne's volume touches on the Gower biography (18-22). Thynne doesn't believe that Gower, in Speght's words, calls Chaucer "a worthie Poet" and that he makes him "the Iudge of his workes." Gower's also was not from Stittenham in Yorkshire. Likewise, the effigy on Gower's tomb wears a chaplet of roses and not a garland of ivy and roses. Lastly, Thynne casts doubt on the idea that Chaucer and Gower were of the Inner Temple and were thus trained in law. [CvD] Author/Editor Author/Editor Thynne, Francis Published Thynne, Francis. "Animaduersions vppon the Annotacions and Corrections of some imperfections of impressiones on Chaucer's workes." Early Early Text Society . London: Trübner, 1875 Gower Subject Biography of Gower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Animaduersions vppon the Annotacions and Corrections of some imperfections of impressiones on Chaucer's workes Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Trübner, Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875 [1598] Type The nature or genre of the resource Book PeerReviewed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Brief background, assessment of works, plot description of CA. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Backus, Truman J. Published Backus, Truman J. Shaw's New History of English Literature. New York: Sheldon, 1875. Rev. ed. 1884, pp. 59-60. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shaw's New History of English Literature. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875 1884 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Reprints from Reinhold Pauli (1857) "Apollonius of Tyre," CA, Book VIII, 271-2008. [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Hazlitt, William Carew, ed. Published [Hazlitt, William Carew, ed.] Shakespeare's Library: A Collection of the Plays, Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories Employed by Shakespeare in the Composition of His Work. 2nd ed. 6 vols. London: Reeves and Turner, 1875, 4:181-228. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shakespeare's Library: A Collection of the Plays, Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories Employed by Shakespeare in the Composition of His Work. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Outlines of VC and CA only. [RFY1981] Author/Editor Author/Editor Arnold, Thomas. Published Arnold, Thomas. A Manual of English Literature Historical and Critical. Boston: Ginn, 1876, pp. 35, 36, 38. Gower Subject Vox Clamantis Confessioi Amantis Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Manual of English Literature Historical and Critical. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review In an entry relating to Thomas Berthelette's 1554 edition of CA, provides a brief life of Gower, describes Caxton's and Berthelette's editions, lists published commentaries, and prints samples from CA: Book III, 271-317; VIII, 2496-2558; 2941*-60*; 2941-46. [MA] Author/Editor Author/Editor Corser, Rev. Thomas, ed. Published Corser, Rev. Thomas, ed. Collectanea Anglo-Poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a Portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry. Manchester: Chetham Society, 1877, 7:36-44. Gower Subject Biography of Gower Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Confessio Amantis Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Collectanea Anglo-Poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a Portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1877 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints CA, "Two Coffers," Book V, 2273-90; "Eson Regains His Youth, Book V, 3945-4174. Based on MS. Harley 3869; notes on 2:352-54. [RYF1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Morris, Richard, and Walter W. Skeat, eds. Published Morris, Richard, and Walter W. Skeat, eds. Specimens of early English. New and rev. ed. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879-1882, 2:270-81. Gower Subject Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Specimens of Early English. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879-1882 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gower Collection GowerType Customized Item type for items in the Gower Database Review Prints the first stanza of CB 30, reprinting Thomas Warton, 1774-81. No source is given for the printings (with glosses) of CA Prologue, 1-60, 1st recension; from "The Tale of Constance," II, 693-790; and "Alexander and the Pirate," III, 2363-2417. Brief biography and commentary by T. Arnold, critiques the "absurd confusion" of CA and characterizes Gower as "timid and a timeserver." [RFY1981]. Author/Editor Author/Editor Ward, Thomas Humphry, ed. Arnold, T. Published Ward, Thomas Humphry, ed. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers. London and New York: Macmillan, 1880, 1:102-13. Gower Subject Backgrounds and General Criticism Biography of Gower Cinkante Balades Confessio Amantis Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880