'My Wit Is Sharp: I Love No Taryinge': Urban Poetry in the 'Parlement of Foules
- Author / Editor
- Bertelot, Craig E.
'My Wit Is Sharp: I Love No Taryinge': Urban Poetry in the 'Parlement of Foules
- Published
- Studies in Philology 93 (1996): 365-89.
- Description
- Argues that "the character paradigm that Chaucer creates...specifically for the lower birds in PF originates from his understanding of the rising social importance of urban culture in England, even though these birds themselves do not come from cities." Addresses the themes of love and governance and suggests that Chaucer provides not one but a collection of answers to the burning question that the dreamer faces.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parliament of Fowls.