Nebuchadnezzar and Chauntecleer: Chaucer's Fortunate Fowl

Author / Editor
Reed, Thomas L.,Jr.

Title
Nebuchadnezzar and Chauntecleer: Chaucer's Fortunate Fowl

Published
Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 89 (1988): 44-56.

Description
The fall of Nebuchadnezzar is the only history in MkT that ends favorably for its protagonist; in its tragicomic structure and its transformation of the hero to a birdlike beast, this episode anticipates some main features of NPT.

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale.
Monk and His Tale.