John Gower's Images : 'The Tale of Constance' and 'The Man of Law's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Yeager, R. F.
John Gower's Images : 'The Tale of Constance' and 'The Man of Law's Tale'
- Published
- R. F. Yeager and Charlotte C. Morse, eds. Speaking Images: Essays in Honor of V. A. Kolve (Asheville, N.C.: Pegasus Press, 2001), pp. 525-57.
- Description
- Yeager contrasts Gower's uses of imagery in the 'Tale of Constance" with Chaucer's techniques in MLT, arguing that Gower is more minimalist, but that, like Chaucer, Gower challenges readers to discover the moral implications of the world he describes.
- Alternative Title
- Speaking Images: Essays in Honor of V. A. Kolve.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
- Style and Versification.