Verse Satire Research Articles

V: The Gawain Poet and Dante: A Conjecture

The end of the fourteenth century, when Geoffrey Chaucer wrote, was one of the periods of great accomplishment in English literature. Chaucer did not stand alone. Wiclif's prose, the admirable poetry that Gower composed in three languages, and the powerful satiric verse of Piers Plowman give ample evidence of this. Among the poets of the time no one except Chaucer was greater than the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Pearl, whose name and personality are still unknown. Though a learned man of the world like Chaucer, he wrote in the dialect of northwestern England rather than of London, which must have seemed difficult to most readers even in his own time. Why he chose such an obscure dialect has never been understood. The writer of this paper calls attention to the eloquent defence of his native speech that Dante made in his Convivio, and suggests that the Gawain poet may have been inspired by it to do for his own dialect what the great Italian had done for Tuscan.

REVIEWS

REVIEWS Get access Notes on English Verse Satire. By HUMBERT WOLFE. Hogarth Lectures Number 10. The Hogarth Press. 1929. Pp. 158. 3s. 6d. net. H. E. A. NORTHCOTT H. E. A. NORTHCOTT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of English Studies, Volume os-VII, Issue 25, January 1931, Pages 114–115, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/os-VII.25.114 Published: 01 January 1931

Satirical verses on the Presbyterian Ministers

Satirical verses on the Presbyterian Ministers

Satirical verses on the jesuits

Journal Article Satirical verses on the jesuits Get access J. G. N. J. G. N. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s2-VII, Issue 178, 28 May 1859, Page 444, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s2-VII.178.444b Published: 28 May 1859

Early satirical verses

Early satirical verses