Chaucer, Gower, and the Affect of Invention.
- Author / Editor
- Nowlin, Steele.
Chaucer, Gower, and the Affect of Invention.
- Published
- Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2016.
- Physical Description
- ix, 234 pp.
- Description
- Examines the process of medieval poetic invention expressed in the poetry of Chaucer and John Gower. Draws on contemporary affect theory to present ways that both poets present "invention as an affective force" in representations of emotional experiences. Studies PF, HF, and LGW. Also explores the affect of invention in PrT, MkT, and NPT. Conclusion reveals Chaucer's and Gower's influence on Shakespeare's conceptualization of affect and invention in his lyric poems.
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame
Parliament of Fowls
Legend of Good Women
Prioress and Her Tale
Monk and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion