Chaucer's 'Parlement of Foules' as a Valentine Fable: The Subversive Politics of Feminine Desire
- Author / Editor
- Jost, Jean E.
Chaucer's 'Parlement of Foules' as a Valentine Fable: The Subversive Politics of Feminine Desire
- Published
- Parentheses: Papers in Medieval Studies 1 (1999): 53-82. [Web publication.]
- Description
- In PF Chaucer deconstructs antifeminist courtly conventions and appropriates power for women. The poem challenges the views of woman promulgated by courtly love by alluding to contemporary political events (marriage of Anne of Bohemia) and by depicting female desire as a form of power.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parliament of Fowls