Time and Authority in Chaucer's 'Parliament of the Fowls'

Author / Editor
Steenbrugge, Charlotte.

Title
Time and Authority in Chaucer's 'Parliament of the Fowls'

Published
Clíodhna Carney and Frances McCormack, eds. Chaucer's Poetry: Words, Authority and Ethics (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013), pp. 121-33..

Description
Enters the discussion about apparent temporal discrepancies in PF and reframes it with a reminder that the poem occurs in a dream vision, and need not correspond literally to English weather and bird behavior. Embraces contradictory references to time in the poem rather than seeking to resolve them. These contradictions are likely purposeful and part of the work's message about eternity and mutability.

Alternative Title
Chaucer's Poetry: Words, Authority and Ethics.

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls