Chaucer: An Introduction.
- Author/Editor
- Hussey, S. S.
- Title
- Chaucer: An Introduction.
- Published
- Hussey, S. S. Chaucer: An Introduction. London: Methuen, 1971, pp. 6, 13, 52, 92, 103, 115, 183, 196-210, 216-19
- Review
- Chaucer is more tolerant of the Peasants' Revolt than is Gower; Gower's trilinguality is evidence of the knowledge of educated men; Gower's and Chaucer's versions of the story of Cleopatra story are similar--in both she dies by jumping into a snake pit; Gower sees Fortune as an excuse for man's weaknesses; general discussion of Gower's and Chaucer's friendship and literary relationships; comparisons of Gower's and Chaucer's ideas of "fine amour"; brief comparison of Gower's and Chaucer's versions of "Florent" (and "Wife of Bath's Tale"), "Medea," "Lucrece," and "Virginia." [RFY1981]
- Date
- 1971
- Gower Subjects
- Backgrounds and General Criticism
Confessio Amantis
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Biography of Gower