Gowerian Laughter
- Author / Editor
- Yeager, R. F.
Gowerian Laughter
- Published
- Charlotte Brewer and Barry Windeatt, eds. Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Middle English Literature: The Influence of Derek Brewer (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2013), pp. 144-53.
- Description
- Primarily discusses medieval humor in Gower, yet addresses how Gower's and Chaucer's humorous characters are female. Looks at Criseyde in TC, Alison in WBT, the merchant's wife in ShT, and Alisoun in MilT.
- Alternative Title
- Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Middle English Literature: The Influence of Derek Brewer.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
- Miller and His Tale
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Shipman and His Tale
- Troilus and Criseyde