The Case of the Variable Source: Alan of Lille's 'De planctu Naturae,' Jean de Meun's 'Roman de la Rose,' and Chaucer's 'Parlement of Fowls'

Author / Editor
Tinkle, Theresa.

Title
The Case of the Variable Source: Alan of Lille's 'De planctu Naturae,' Jean de Meun's 'Roman de la Rose,' and Chaucer's 'Parlement of Fowls'

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 22: 341-77, 2000.

Description
Explores issues of intertextuality as they relate to textual variance in manuscript culture, summarizing the medieval versions of Alan's "De planctu." Jean de Meun's and Chaucer's depictions of Nature differ from Alan's, despite the critical impulse to see a monolithic figure. Chaucer's Nature promotes pleasure and passion and "expresses a firm regard for feminine choice."

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.