English Literature

Author/Editor
Rankin, Thomas E.
Aikin, William M.

Title
English Literature

Published
Rankin, Thomas E., and William M. Aikin. English Literature. New York: Macmillan, 1917, pp. 10, 36, 38

Review
Describes CA as "a larger, and a better, collection of tales than any which had preceded it in English," but agrees with James R. Lowell's opinion (1871) that the "writings of Gower are most aptly called 'works'." [RFY1981; rev. MA]

Date
1917

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism
Confessio Amantis