Patriarchy, Family, and Law in Gower’s "Confessio Amantis."
- Author / Editor
- Peck, Russell A.
Patriarchy, Family, and Law in Gower’s "Confessio Amantis."
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Gower: A Festschrift in Honour of R. F. Yeager (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2020.), pp. 59-78.
- Description
- Examines several stories from Gower's "Confessio Amantis" to investigate the poet's "thoughts about the limitations of patriarchy as an institution." Includes comparison of Gower’s Tale of Constance with Chaucer’s MLT, showing that the latter is more deterministic.
- Alternative Title
- Studies in the Age of Gower
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man oif Law and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations