The Occasion of 'The Parliament of Fowls
- Author / Editor
- Benson, Larry D.
The Occasion of 'The Parliament of Fowls
- Published
- Larry D. Benson and Siegfried Wenzel, eds. The Wisdom of Poetry (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Western Michigan University, 1982), pp. 123-44.
- Description
- Offers new support for the old theory that PF represents Anne of Bohemia as the "formel eagle" and King Richard, Charles of France, and Friedrich as her three suitors, presenting new ararguments for dating the poem in 1380 and new evidence that both Charles and Friedrich were actual rivals for Anne's hand.
- Reprinted in "Contradictions: From Beowulf to Chaucer: Selected Studies of Larry D. Benson," ed. Theodore M. Andersson and Stephen A. Barney (Aldershor, Hants: Scolar; Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1995).
- Alternative Title
- The Wisdom of Poetry.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parliament of Fowls.