The Poetry of Chaucer: A Guide to Its Study and Appreciation.

Author/Editor
Root, Robert K.

Title
The Poetry of Chaucer: A Guide to Its Study and Appreciation.

Published
Root, Robert K. The Poetry of Chaucer: A Guide to Its Study and Appreciation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. Rev. ed. 1922, 11-12, 13, 26, 33, 75, 88, 124, 127, 137, 151, 183, 184, 240, 242, 252, 284.

Review
Gower was a friend and contemporary of Chaucer, one who could write good poetry and who deserved the label "moral"; he was "ponderously learned"; the reference to Chaucer in Gower's MO possibly dates "Troilus and Criseyde" as written before 1377; CA is an example of a loose collection of the short tales which were popular in the Middle Ages. [RFY1981; rev. MA].

Date
1906

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism