John Gowers Erzählkunst.

Author / Editor
Esch, Arno.

Title
John Gowers Erzählkunst.

Published
Arno Esch, ed. Chaucer und Seine Zeit: Symposion für Walter F. Schirmer (Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1968), pp. 207-39.

Description
Assesses Gower's artistry in several tales of the "Confessio Amantis," including analysis of Gower's tale of Constance in comparison with Trevet's version and Chaucer's MLT. Argues that Gower's tale is more unified than Chaucer's and more purely hagiographical; his characterization of the protagonist evokes less pathos than Chaucer's and lacks Chaucer's ironies.

Alternative Title
Chaucer und Seine Zeit

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