Gower's imaginative French poetry is now available in a new edition with facing page translation, annotations, and introduction. Gower's Traitie employs the French poetic form of balade, typically used for courtly verses, to avow instead the virtues of loving marriage, characteristic of Gower's signature moralizing. His Cinkante balades confront the tradition of the French Livre de cent balades, by describing the feelings of a young man towards his lady, but eventually offering a praise of love insofar as it is subject to reason and morality. Together the two works offer an excellent introduction to the Anglo-Norman works of Gower and are perfect for classroom use.
- ISBN10 1580441556
- ISBN13 9781580441551
- Publish Date 1 May 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Medieval Institute Publications
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 196
- Language English