The Unity of Chaucer's 'House of Fame."

Author/Editor
Ruggiers, Paul A.

Title
The Unity of Chaucer's 'House of Fame."

Published
Ruggiers, Paul A. “The Unity of Chaucer’s ‘House of Fame’.” Studies in Philology 50 (1953): 16-29. Reprinted in Edward Wagenknecht, ed. Chaucer: Modern Essays in Criticism (London: Oxford University Pres, 1959), pp. 295-308.

Review
Argues that--unlike Chaucer--Gower, Machaut, and Jean de Meun draw explicit morals for their readers. [RFY1981]

Date
1953

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism