The Author of His Work: The Priest/Pupil Narrative Topos.
- Author/Editor
- Bargreen, Melinda L.
- Title
- The Author of His Work: The Priest/Pupil Narrative Topos.
- Published
- Bargreen, Melinda L. "The Author of His Work: The Priest/Pupil Narrative Topos." Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Irvine, 1972.
- Review
- Attempts to show that a topos exists of author using the role of priest or pupil in transforming a secular love poem into a religious poem. Examines works of Ovid, Andreas Capellanus, Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun, John Gower, and Chaucer. These form a tradition, with Chaucer's use of the topos being the most complex. [RFY1981]
- Date
- 1972
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations