Pericles' Pilgrimage

Author / Editor
Dean, Paul.

Title
Pericles' Pilgrimage

Published
Essays in Criticism 50.2: 125-44, 2000.

Description
Assesses the genre, fictional self-consciousness, and religious elements of "Pericles," suggesting that Chaucer influenced Shakespeare's decision to include the character Gower onstage throughout the play, an aspect of its literary self-consciousness.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.