Chaucer's Checklist

WAS CHAUCER FOR THE BIRDS? The answer is yes! There are fifty species of bird & more than five-hundred references to them throughout the poet's works. Some of these bird observations are of penetrating beauty though subtle enough to be missed by those who do not know their birds. This is where the author of Chaucer's Checklist comes through; he explains where, how & why Geoffrey Chaucer (1342?-1400) used his birds. Michael Jeneid has written & illustrated a field guide to the poet's birds in which humor as well as accuracy in recognizing the poet's intent show up, hilariously. Every bird of Chaucer's is illustrated & two rare words, both of them names for the birds, one of which has been recorded only twice in the English language, have been explored & explained. This aspect of the book will appeal to scholars for the author's research has been exhaustive. And yet general readers, especially birders, will enjoy Jeneid's life experience for it is the key to his understanding of Chaucer. Order directly from Pandion Press: PANDION PRESS, P.O. Box 1635, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. Telephone: 408-475-4169.Jeneid, Michael is the author of 'Chaucer's Checklist', published 1993 under ISBN 9780963616906 and ISBN 0963616900.