The Poetry of John Gower
- Author / Editor
- Yeager, R. F.
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