Chaucer and Gower as Story-tellers.
- Author / Editor
- Ito, Masayoshi.
Chaucer and Gower as Story-tellers.
- Published
- John Gower, The Medieval Poet (Tokyo: Shinozaki Shorin, 1976), pp. 39-59.
- Description
- Compares and contrasts the style, characterization, sentiment, and structure of nine narratives of shared subject matter among Chaucer's and Gower's works. Concludes that Gower's are superior in formal features, "such as balance and unity," but that Chaucer's are richer and more complex in characterization, humor, irony, satire, "realistic touches," and audience appeal. Both writers successfully adapt their sources. Originally published in Japanese: Chaucer and Gower as Storytellers. Bunka (Tohoku University): 24 (1960): 29-48.
- Alternative Title
- John Gower, The Medieval Poet
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations