Later Poetry: The Courtly Tradition.

Author/Editor
Gray, Douglas.
Bolton, W. F., ed.

Title
Later Poetry: The Courtly Tradition.

Published
Gray, Douglas. "Later Poetry: The Courtly Tradition." W. F. Bolton, ed. The Middle Ages. Sphere History of Literature in the English Language, vol. 1. London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1970, p. 312, 316-20.

Review
Like Chaucer and Froissart, Gower is a member of an English courtly tradition fostered by Richard II. The CA was written in an "unobtrusive" style, with much careful artistry and "genuine polish." Brief analysis of several short passages from the CA. [RFY1981].

Date
1970

Gower Subjects
Style, Rhetoric, and Versification
Confessio Amantis