Chaucer's Enigmatic Thing in "The Parliament of Fowls."

Author / Editor
Wuest, Charles.

Title
Chaucer's Enigmatic Thing in "The Parliament of Fowls."

Published
Studies in Philology 113 (2016): 485-500.

Description
Argues that the enigmatic "thing" thrice referred to in PF is a "structuring device" but also a "reflection on the process of translation, specifically Chaucer's translation of Boethius's 'Consolation of Philosophy'." PF depicts "translation as an activity inherently unstable and yet also productive."

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations