The 'Parlement of Foules'

Author / Editor
Reed, Thomas L.,Jr.

Title
The 'Parlement of Foules'

Published
Thomas L. Reed, Jr. Middle English Debate Poetry and the Aesthetics of Irresolution (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1990), pp. 294-362.

Description
Discusses irresolution, style, persona, the "experiential labyrinth," Chaucer's sources, and the relationship of PF to the contemporary political world. The term "Parlement" evokes the university and law. The chapter is divided into five parts: "Genre and Structure: Explicit and Implicit Debate"; "Experiential Realism"; "Recreational Irresolution"; "Social Referents, Audience, and Occasion"; and "Philosophical Backgrounds."

Alternative Title
Middle English Debate Poetry and the Aesthetics of Irresolution.

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls.