"Jason and Medea"--A Story of Golden Love.

Author / Editor
Ito, Masayoshi.

Title
"Jason and Medea"--A Story of Golden Love.

Published
John Gower, The Medieval Poet (Tokyo: Shinozaki Shorin, 1976), pp. 80-100.

Description
Explores Gower's development of his Tale of Jason and Medea in light of its sources and multiple analogues, emphasizing its success as a "beautiful love story." Includes points of comparison with Chaucer's version in LGW. Originally published in Japanese: John Gower's Jason and Medea--A Story of Golden Love. Bulletin of the Faculty of Education (Shizuoka University) 25 (1974): 78-89.

Alternative Title
John Gower, The Medieval Poet

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Legend of Good Women