Troilus and Criseyde: The Falcon in the Mew
- Author / Editor
- Shoaf, R[ichard] A[llen].
Troilus and Criseyde: The Falcon in the Mew
- Published
- Hugh T. Keenan, ed. Typology and English Medieval Literature (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 149-68.
- Description
- Repeated imagery of falconry's mew, derived from typology and folklore, symbolize the poem's vision of mutability in human affairs. Especially as they relate to the character of Troilus, these images represent the Neo-Platonic notion of the soul as a winged captive in the human body.
- Alternative Title
- Typology and English Medieval Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.