Chaucer's Enigmatic Thing in "The Parliament of Fowls."
- Author / Editor
- Wuest, Charles.
Chaucer's Enigmatic Thing in "The Parliament of Fowls."
- Published
- Studies in Philology 113 (2016): 485-500.
- Description
- Argues that the enigmatic "thing" thrice referred to in PF is a "structuring device" but also a "reflection on the process of translation, specifically Chaucer's translation of Boethius's 'Consolation of Philosophy'." PF depicts "translation as an activity inherently unstable and yet also productive."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parliament of Fowls
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations