Histoire Littéraire du Peuple Anglaises.
A Literary History of the English People.

Author/Editor
Jusserand, J. J.

Title
Histoire Littéraire du Peuple Anglaises.
A Literary History of the English People.

Published
Jusserand, J. J. Histoire Littéraire du Peuple Anglaises. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1894. 2d ed. rev., 1896. English version: A Literary History of the English People. New York: Putnam, 1895. 3 vols. Vol. I, From the Origins to the Renaissance (Des Origines à la Renaissance), pp. (French edition) 124, 258, 281, 284, 302, 328, 329, 347, 373, 375, 376, 379, 520, 522, 520; (English edition) 119, 242, 257, 279, 285, 299, 325, 341, 352, 364-72, 373, 502ff., 510.

Review
Biography; assessment of works through comparisons with Chaucer, Lydgate, and Langland. Gower a good tale-teller, but not an inventive poet. [RFY1981]

Date
1894
1896
1895

Gower Subjects
Biography of Gower
Backgrounds and General Criticism