Vox Clamantis, IV, 12

Author/Editor
Raymo, Robert R

Title
Vox Clamantis, IV, 12

Published
Raymo, Robert R. "Vox Clamantis, IV, 12." Modern Language Notes 71.2 (1956), pp. 82-83.

Review
In Book 4 of the VC, Gower admonishes the good monk "to preserve his traditionally simple, though hard and austere, way of life" (82). The passage represents "a characteristic plagiarism" (82) on Gower's part, for the lines are borrowed from an anonymous collection of penitential verses dating from the early thirteenth century. To show the indebtedness, Raymo quotes lines 495-506 and 511-14 of VC 4 alongside the original and italicizes the similarities. [CvD]

Date
1956

Gower Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Vox Clamantis