Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, and the Commercial Practices of Late Fourteenth-Century London

Author / Editor
Bertolet, Craig E.

Title
Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, and the Commercial Practices of Late Fourteenth-Century London

Published
Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013.

Physical Description
ix, 168 pp.

Description
Examines influence of commerce and trade in CT, Gower's "Mirour de L'Omme" and "Confessio Amantis," and Hoccleve's "Male Regle" and "Regiment of Princes." Looks at social and cultural implications of how market economies affect literary narratives and the portrayal of Chaucer's pilgrims.

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