Gower's 'Tale of Florent' and Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath's Tale': A Stylistic Comparison

Author / Editor
Fischer, Olga C. M.

Title
Gower's 'Tale of Florent' and Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath's Tale': A Stylistic Comparison

Published
English Studies 66 (1985): 205-25.

Description
The two tales have a common ancestor, but the very different motives of the Confessor and of the Wife are reflected in the language texture. Gower's style complements his vision of order and harmony; WBT is more vivid, dramatic, and suspensful.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.