A comparison of Chaucer and Gower's use of six episodes from Ovid

Various quotations from the texts of Chaucer and Gower, viewed in the light of their source, Ovid, reveal clearly that Chaucer follows his source more closely than Gower does. The exception to this is Chaucer's failure to record the various metamorphoses found his source. Gower does record the metamorphoses as he finds them in Ovid. [...]