The 'Parlement of Foules' and the Body Politic
- Author / Editor
- Cowgill, Bruce Kent.
The 'Parlement of Foules' and the Body Politic
- Published
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology 74 (1975): 315-35.
- Description
- Chaucer's unifying theme in PF is political rather than otherworldly. It involves the contrast between an orderly world governed by natural law (the gate's first inscription and Scipio's "commune profit") and a chaotic world controlled by selfish and irresponsible leadership (the gate's second inscription and the cacophonous "foules").
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parliament of Fowls.