Gower's Vulgar tongue : Ovid, lay religion, and English poetry in the Confessio Amantis /

After establishing his reputation as a literary author by means of his French and Latin verse, Gower came to recognise the possibilities which English held for serious poetry in the 1380s. This book gives sustained attention to the implications of this language choice for the form, readership, relig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCabe, T. Matthew N.
Corporate Author: John Gower Society
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2011.
Series:JSTOR EBA.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt14qrxn6