Using Reason to Change Their Worlds: The Tale of Rosiphelee and the Tale of Alceone in John Gower's Confessio Amantis

Author / Editor
Bakalian, Ellen S.

Title
Using Reason to Change Their Worlds: The Tale of Rosiphelee and the Tale of Alceone in John Gower's Confessio Amantis

Published
Kathleen A. Bishop, ed. Standing in the Shadow of the Master? Chaucerian Influences and Interpretations (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2010), pp. 82-112.

Description
By discussing the tales of Rosiphelee and Alceone from "Confessio Amantis," Bakalian exemplifies how Gower (in contrast to Chaucer) urges readers to improve their behavior through right reason and rejection of irresponsible passion.

Alternative Title
Standing in the Shadow of the Master?

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.