Gowerian Laughter

Author / Editor
Yeager, R. F.

Title
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