Chauntecleer and the Eagle

Author / Editor
Boyd, Heather.

Title
Chauntecleer and the Eagle

Published
English Studies in Africa 21 (1978): 65-69.

Description
The rhetorical devices disavowed by the eagle in HF are NPT's substance which mocks badly used rhetoric: misapplied or mechanical or out of place. This mockery lies behind the Nun's Priest's anti-feminism, induced by the airs and graces of the Prioress. The same irritating qualities are illustrated in her tale.

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale.
Prioress and Her Tale.
House of Fame.