Observations on the Language of Gower's Confessio Amantis: A Supplement to Observations on the Language of Chaucer.
- Author/Editor
- Child, F. J.
- Title
- Observations on the Language of Gower's Confessio Amantis: A Supplement to Observations on the Language of Chaucer.
- Published
- Child, F. J. "Observations on the Language of Gower's Confessio Amantis: A Supplement to Observations on the Language of Chaucer." Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. New Series, 9, part 1 (1867): 265-315.
- Review
- A close, detailed, descriptive anatomy of Gower's usage, based on the 1857 text of Reinhold Pauli and arranged by parts of speech; fully illustrated with examples, and often with comparisons to Chaucer. General conclusions are that Gower's English is much like Chaucer's, but more regular, and replete with older forms. Suggests that further study may demonstrate that Chaucer's use of final –e is "freer" than that of Gower and thereby less monotonous to modern ears. [RFY1981; rev. MA].
- Date
- 1867
- Gower Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Style, Rhetoric, and Versification