The Narcissus Theme in Western European Literature up to the Early Nineteenth Century.
- Author/Editor
- Vinge, Louise.
- Title
- The Narcissus Theme in Western European Literature up to the Early Nineteenth Century.
- Published
- Vinge, Louise. The Narcissus Theme in Western European Literature up to the Early Nineteenth Century. Lund: Gleerup, 1967, pp. 45ff., 55, 343n, 359n.
- Review
- Mentions that Gower used Ovid and the tradition of the "Roman de la Rose" in his Tale of Narcissus in CA, Book I, and notes that self-love is not a concern in this tale; does not mention the Tale of Echo in Book V. [RFY1981; rev. MA].
- Date
- 1967
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis
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