Fathers and Daughters in Gower's Confessio Amantis : Authority, Family, State, and Writing

Author / Editor
Bullón-Fernández, María.

Title
Fathers and Daughters in Gower's Confessio Amantis : Authority, Family, State, and Writing

Published
Cambridge : D. S. Brewer, 2000.

Physical Description
viii, 241 pp.

Series
Publications of the John Gower Society, no. 4 [error for 5].

Description
Studies the incest motif in Confessio Amantis as a "fundamental element" in Gower's explorations of father-daughter relationships and the relationships of authority. In this context, Bullón-Fernández considers Chaucer's MLT and PhyT as analogues to Gower's versions of the tales of Constance and Virginia.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Man of Law and His Tale.
Physician and His Tale.