Myth, Allegory, and Vision in the 'Parlement of Foules': A Study in Chaucerian Problem Solving

Author / Editor
Piehler, Paul.

Title
Myth, Allegory, and Vision in the 'Parlement of Foules': A Study in Chaucerian Problem Solving

Published
J. Stephen Russell, ed. Allegoresis: The Craft of Allegory in Medieval Literature (New York and London: Garland, 1988, for 1987), pp. 187-214.

Description
Although scholars agree that Chaucer failed to provide a solution to the problems raised in PF, Piehler argues through a reading on scholastic principles that Chaucer solves them "in accordance with principles characteristic of his age and fundamental to its practice of allegory."

Alternative Title
Allegoresis: The Craft of Allegory in Medieval Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls.