The Achievement of John Gower: A Reading of the "Confessio Amantis."

Author/Editor
Badendyck, J. Lawrence.

Title
The Achievement of John Gower: A Reading of the "Confessio Amantis."

Published
Badenyck, J. Lawrence. "The Achievement of John Gower: A Reading of the 'Confessio Amantis'." Ph.D. Dissertation. City University of New York, 1972.

Review
Argues contra Fisher ("John Gower, Moral Philosopher and Friend of Chaucer," 1964) that no thematic continuity exists among MO, VC, and CA; Gower's artistry as tale-teller, as adapter of Ovid, also treated; brief, appended chapter on Gower's reading. [RFY1981]

Date
1972

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations