Chaucer.

Author/Editor
Brewer, Derek.

Title
Chaucer.

Published
Brewer, Derek. Chaucer. London: Longman, 1953. 3d ed. rev., 1973, pp. 27, 40, 41, 44, 98, 101, 106, 107, 123, 141, 180-81, 205, 210, 211, 212

Review
Gower and Chaucer were friends; Gower as an encyclopedic poet; Gower’s style as “plain”; Man of Law’s Tale was a “hit” against Gower; comparison of “Tale of Florent” with Wife of Bath’s Tale; and general remarks on styles of Gower and Chaucer. [RFY1981]

Date
1953

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations