Historic English.

Author/Editor
Fernald, James.

Title
Historic English.

Published
Fernald, James. Historic English. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1921, pp. 151-57, 164.

Review
Brief biography of Gower, with assessment of works and comparisons with Chaucer, including comments on the "lilting, rippling cadence" of Gower's octosyllables and notice of his extensive use of French and Latin words and derivations. [RFY1981; rev. MA].

Date
1921

Gower Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Style, Rhetoric, and Versification