Falconry and Fantasy in Guillaume de Machaut's 'Dit de l'Alerion'

Author / Editor
Hieatt, Constance B.

Title
Falconry and Fantasy in Guillaume de Machaut's 'Dit de l'Alerion'

Published
R. Barton Palmer, ed. Chaucer's French Contemporaries: The Poetry/Poetics of Self and Tradition (New York: AMS Press, 1999), pp. 163-86

Description
Assesses Machaut's knowledge of falconry and his depiction of the falconer/falcon relationship in "Dit de l'Alerion" as an extended metaphor of love. Also explores the influence of Machaut's metaphor, including its impact on Chaucer (TC, LGW, WBP, and FrT) and Shakespeare

Alternative Title
Chaucer's French Contemporaries: The Poetry/Poetics of Self and Tradition.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.