Chaucer and the Medieval Conventions of Bird Imagery

Author / Editor
Southmayd, David Edward.

Title
Chaucer and the Medieval Conventions of Bird Imagery

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 41 (1981): 3596A.

Description
Chaucer develops original significances for birds, especially in HF, NPT, and PF. Birds variously represent the bestial in humanity, models for human society, objects of ridicule, and mediators between God and man. All four can be seen in the complex of patterns relating birds to love in PF.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
House of Fame.
Parliament of Fowls.
Nun's Priest and His Tale.