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Gower, John
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Gower, John (
c.1330–1408). Poet. A contemporary and friend of
Chaucer, Gower was probably born in Kent and then lived in Southwark. He wrote in French, Latin, and English. His main work,
Confessio Amantis (
c.1386), contained 141 examples and stories of love in a conversation between a lover, Amans, and a priest of Venus, Genius. He drew on the classics and on medieval romances. By the time the lover had understood the nature of love, he was too old and tired to care. Of Gower's political works,
Vox clamantis (
c.1382) recorded the upheaval of the
Peasants' Revolt and his hope that Richard II's reign would prove a blessing: when it did not, he transferred hope to Henry IV in
Cronica tripertita. Highly thought of in the Tudor period, Gower's lack of humour led to Chaucer overshadowing him.
J. A. Cannon
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Loras' Gower resigns; College president: Alumnus is named interim president
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 5/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Loras College, Joseph Gower has resigned and school...appointment of Loras graduate John Kerrigan to replace Gower, who resigned Monday...before it chose Kerrigan as Gower's successor, Malone...spectacular person in John Kerrigan who allows us...
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RL: Craig Gower runs amok at 'The Jack;
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; ...Australia) 12-23-2005 RL: Craig Gower runs amok at 'The Jack; By Steve Connolly...Laine Clark BRISBANE, Dec 23 AAP - Craig Gower might have been "as full as Santa's...a schoolboy with a golf ball in 1986, Gower allegedly groped a teenage girl. She just...
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RL: Craig Gower runs amok at "The Jack"
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 12/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...Australia) 12-23-2005 RL: Craig Gower runs amok at "The Jack" By Steve Connolly...Laine Clark BRISBANE, Dec 23 AAP - Craig Gower might have been "as full as Santa's...a schoolboy with a golf ball in 1986, Gower allegedly groped a teenage girl. She just...
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Sian Echard, A Companion to Gower.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Sian Echard, A Companion to Gower (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2004...6. 60.00. [pounds sterling] John Gower's writing--of, at least, the...We are now as likely to turn to Gower as to Chaucer for examples of ludic...
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Peter Nicholson, Love and Ethics in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis'.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...most part well supported--that Gower organizes the eight books of the Confessio...derives from a passing observation of John H. Fisher's which the latter failed...a decade as bibliographer for the John Gower Society has given Nicholson a familiarity...
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Articulating the author: Gower and the French Vernacular Codex.
Magazine article from: Yearbook of English Studies; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...in Confessio amantis. As well as John Gower the historical author of the work...name: ' "Ma dame," I seide, "John Gower" ' (viii, 2319--21). (3...utterance closes the device. He is now 'John Gower' because his confession is over...
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Lyondell's man of the hour. (Bob Gower)
Magazine article from: Chemical Week; 7/15/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...qualified people turned me down," Gower recalls, "but the people who...that were to become Lyondell, Gower felt that there was nothing...impact on the company," says John Garcia, cohead of chemical...strategic part of the corporation, Gower prefers to call it "a maturation...
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Simon Sudbury and Helenus in John Gower's Vox clamantis.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...that had ruptured English society. John Gower, for instance, added an extra book...particular interest to scholars has been Gower's depiction of London as a kind...of the Visio, a section in which Gower relates the death of the archbishop...
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Tradition alive as Gower basks in sun.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 8/3/2004; 700+ words
; ...the sound custodianship of the Gower farmer. On the Gower several Tucker families are located...this year's show president, John Tucker, of The Beeches, Horton...Charolais cattle registered with the 'Gower' prefix. Keeping fingers firmly...
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Fathers and Daughters in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis': Authority, Family, State, and Writing.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...FERNANDEZ. (Publications of the John Gower Society) Cambridge: Brewer. 2000...father-daughter relationships in John Gower's Confessio Amantis, Maria Bullon...at the end of the work, Amans-'John Gower', despite having rejected his priest...
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John Gower
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Gower The English author John Gower (ca. 1330-1408) was one of the major court poets of the 14th...his contemporaries is more direct. Very little is known about John Gower's early life. He probably held a legal office of some kind...
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Gower, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Gower, John ( c. 1330–1408). Poet. A contemporary and friend of Chaucer , Gower was probably born in Kent and then lived...he was too old and tired to care. Of Gower's political works, Vox clamantis ( c...
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Granville George Leveson-Gower Granville, 2d Earl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Granville George Leveson-Gower Granville, 2d Earl , 1815-91, British statesman. He entered Parliament as a Whig in 1836 and held various cabinet positions under Lord John Russell, the earl of Aberdeen, and Viscount Palmerston. As colonial...
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Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl (1815–91). Politician. Son of the 1st Earl Granville and the grandson, on his mother's side, of...
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Granville, Granville George Leveson‐Gower, 2nd Earl
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Granville, Granville George Leveson‐Gower, 2nd Earl (1815–91). Politician. Son of the 1st Earl Granville, he was educated at Eton and Oxford. A lifelong...
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