Chaucer and Gower

Bridges, Venetia

Abstract

In this chapter, the wide-ranging topic of women’s literary culture is addressed via the following question: what does the representation of femininity enable in the works of Chaucer and Gower, or, to put it slightly differently, what and how do women ‘mean’ in these literary contexts? Identifying medieval textual hermeneutics as masculinist, the chapter highlights women as ethically interpreted entities to varying degrees in both 14th-century poets.

Citation

Bridges, V. (2023). Chaucer and Gower. In Genre and Gender (342-76). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108869485.018

• Publication Date: 2023-07
• Deposit Date: Oct 18, 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 342-76
• Book Title: Genre and Gender
• Chapter Number: 17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108869485.018
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2971594