Chaucer's Chicks: Feminism and Falconry in 'The Knight's Tale,' 'The Squire's Tale,' and The Parliament of Fowls

Author / Editor
Gutmann, Sara.

Title
Chaucer's Chicks: Feminism and Falconry in 'The Knight's Tale,' 'The Squire's Tale,' and The Parliament of Fowls

Published
Carolynn Van Dyke, ed. Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 69-83.

Description
Although some falconers were female, the activity of training (often female) falcons is highly gendered. The necessity of the falcon to be tamed is paralleled in the need for Emelye in KnT to submit to heterosexual marriage, and for Canacee in SqT to be "managed" by powerful males.

Alternative Title
Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Squire and His Tale
Parliament of Fowls