The Poetry of John Gower

Author / Editor
Yeager, R. F.

Title
The Poetry of John Gower

Published
Corinne Saunders, ed. A Companion to Medieval Poetry (Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), pp. 476-95.

Description
Considering the possibility that Gower "was the foremost poet of his age," Yeager contrasts the poetic powers of Gower and Chaucer and compares Gower's poetic techniques in "In Praise of Peace" and "Confessio Amantis" with Chaucer's techniques in CT.

Alternative Title
A Companion to Medieval Poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Canterbury Tales--General