Rhetoric in John Gower’s "Speculum Meditantis."

Author/Editor
Comtois, Sister Cecile de la Providence.

Title
Rhetoric in John Gower’s "Speculum Meditantis."

Published
Comtois, Sister Cecile de la Providence. “Rhetoric in John Gower’s ‘Speculum Meditantis’.” Ph.D. Dissertation. Fordham University, 1953. Unrestricted access available at https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI10992942/. Accessed August 28, 2022

Review
A close reading of MO that attempts to establish Gower’s dependence for structure, narrative, word-play, etc. on rhetoric books, and uses the material to interpret the poem in a general way. Includes as appendices lists of rhetorical devices in the poem. [RFY1981; rev. MA]

Date
1953

Gower Subjects
Mirour de l'Omme (Speculum Meditantis)
Style, Rhetoric, and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations