Chaucer's Endings

Author / Editor
Provost, William.

Title
Chaucer's Endings

Published
Robert G. Benson and Susan J. Ridyard, eds. New Readings of Chaucer's Poetry (Rochester, N.Y., and Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2003), pp. 91-106.

Description
The end of PF shows a flagging of spirits; the end of TC is complex and self-reflexive. Although several early poems indicate that Chaucer could not think of an ending or that he lost interest, ABC is notable as a return to the beginnings.

Alternative Title
New Readings of Chaucer's Poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls.
Troilus and Criseyde.
ABC.