The Influence of Medieval Mythography on John Gower.
- Author/Editor
- Foster, James Joseph.
- Title
- The Influence of Medieval Mythography on John Gower.
- Published
- Forster, James Joseph. The Influence of Medieval Mythography on John Gower. Ph.D. Dissertation. Duke University, 1973.
- Review
- Study divided into two parts: first, determines what mythographers thought about Gower's central figures (Venus, Cupid, Genius); second, carefully examines Gower's handling of stories within this tradition. Discovers some variation from standard mythological "treatment" in Gower, usually to show areas of Genius' ignorance. Mostly, Gower follows mythological tradition closely. [RFY1981]
- Date
- 1972
- Gower Subjects
- Confessio Amantis
Style, Rhetoric, and Versification