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