Chaucer et Gower: Esquisse comparative de leurs attitudes morales et politiques

Author / Editor
Dauby, Helene.

Title
Chaucer et Gower: Esquisse comparative de leurs attitudes morales et politiques

Published
Danielle Buschinger and Wolfgang Spiewok, eds. Economie, politique, et culture au Moyen Age: Acte du Colloque, Paris 19 et 20 mai 1990. WODAN ser., no. 5 ([Amiens]: Universite de Picardie, 1991), pp. 55-63.

Series
WODAN Series, no. 05.

Description
Compares Chaucer's WBT and Gower's "Tale of Florent" as indices to the authors' social and moral outlooks. Whereas Gower consistently emphasizes maintaining a hierarchical status quo, Chaucer's concern for the individual and his recurrent ambiguities indicate a more complex philosophy.

Contributor
Buschinger, Danielle, ed.
Spiewok, Wolfgang, ed.

Alternative Title
Economie, politique, et culture au Moyen Age: Acte du Colloque, Paris 19 et 20 mai 1990.

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