The Middle Ages. Sphere History of Literature in the English Language, vol. 1.

Author/Editor
Bolton, W. F., ed.

Title
The Middle Ages. Sphere History of Literature in the English Language, vol. 1.

Published
Bolton, W. F., ed. The Middle Ages. Sphere History of Literature in the English Language, vol. 1. London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1970. pp. ix-xxxvi.

Review
A general introduction to literature in England during the Middle Ages, in which Gower’s name appears as a contemporary, friend, and competitor with Chaucer, Langland, etc. Points out that Gower puts himself in his poetry as a character, that he includes his name in certain poems (unspecified) in the cryptic pattern of Cynewulf. [RFY1981]

Date
1970

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism