From Trevet to Gower and Chaucer

Author / Editor
Dauby, Hélène.

Title
From Trevet to Gower and Chaucer

Published
Anglophonia 29 (2011): 79-89.

Description
Chaucer and Gower both adapted the story of Constance from the Anglo-Norman chronicle of Trevet. A comparison of the proper names, institutional terms, and speeches shows that Gower closely follows Trevet while Chaucer modifies the story in MLT.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations