The Falcon's Complaint in The Squire's Tale

Author / Editor
Owen, Charles A., Jr.

Title
The Falcon's Complaint in The Squire's Tale

Published
Susanna Greer Fein, David Raybin, and Peter C. Braeger, eds. Rebels and Rivals: The Contestive Spirit in The Canterbury Tales. Studies in Medieval Culture, no. 29 (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute Publications, 1991), pp. 173-88.

Description
Unlike its two closest analogues--Mars and Anel--the falcon's lament exceeds its own generic and linguistic constraints and functions as both narrative and complaint.

Alternative Title
Rebels and Rivals: The Contestive Spirit in the Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Squire and His Tale.