Medieval Beasts and Modern Cages: The Making of Meaning in Fables and Bestiaries

Author / Editor
Henderson, Arnold Clayton.

Title
Medieval Beasts and Modern Cages: The Making of Meaning in Fables and Bestiaries

Published
PMLA 97 (1982): 40-49.

Description
Medieval fable cannot be read as though each animal or figure held a fixed allegorical meaning. NPT, for instance, could signify as many meanings as subsequent readers have postulated.

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale.