Chaucer's 'Parlement of Foules' as a Valentine Fable: The Subversive Politics of Feminine Desire

Author / Editor
Jost, Jean E.

Title
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