Poetry and Philosophy in 'The Parlement of Foules'
- Author / Editor
- Eldredge, Laurence.
Poetry and Philosophy in 'The Parlement of Foules'
- Published
- Revue de l'UniversiteĢ de Ottawa 40 (1970): 441-59.
- Description
- Describes three positions on the topic of universals versus individuals (ultra-realism, moderate realism, nominalism), and argues that the depictions of nature, love, common profit, and fortune in PF align approximately with moderate realism, and represent a step beyond BD and HF in the development in Chaucer's poetic philosophy.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parliament of Fowls
- Book of the Duchess
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