Avian Hybridity in 'The Squire's Tale': Uses of Anthropomorphism

Author / Editor
Schotland, Sara Deutch.

Title
Avian Hybridity in 'The Squire's Tale': Uses of Anthropomorphism

Published
Carolynn Van Dyke, ed. Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 115-30.

Description
In SqT Chaucer practices a form of anthropomorphism that acknowledges its representational limits. The relationship of Canacee and the falcon shows "a commonality among living creatures" and offers a model of female friendship. Canacee nurses the falcon and the falcon warns Canacee about "male betrayal," providing an example of "protective and reciprocal care."

Alternative Title
Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts.

Chaucer Subjects
Squire and His Tale