F
Falcon (in the Parliament of Fowls ), 130
characteristics of, 104
Farnham, Willard, 111 -12
Felman, Shoshana, 36 n
Femenye (Amazonian realm), 217 -19, 220 , 223 , 237
Femininity: medieval ideals of, 2 ;
repression of, 15 n;
traits associated with, 7 ;
in Western culture, 195
Feminist era (in literary criticism), 41 , 43 , 48
Feminization, 240 ;
of aristocratic males, 149 ;
attributes of, 72 ;
in the Book of the Duchess , 60 -68, 76 ;
Chaucer's depiction of, 15 -25;
consequences of, 283 ;
definition of, 16 ;
and gender identity, 12 ;
in the Legend of Good Women , 4 -7, 9 ;
and literary criticism, 289 -92;
in the Merchant's Tale , 249 , 254 , 265 ;
in the Miller's Tale , 236 ;
in Troilus and Criseyde , 171
Feminization of American Culture (Douglas), 18
II Filostrato , 145 , 147 , 153 , 169 , 179
Finch, Anne, 285
Fisher, John, 217
La Fonteinne Amoreuse (Machaut), 64 , 65 , 66
Formel eagle (in the Parliament of Fowls ), 109 -11, 116 , 134 , 138 , 141 , 171 ;
compared to narrator, 139 ;
desirability of, 115 ;
indecisiveness of, 110 n, 123 -27, 131 -32;
right to choose, 118 ;
Fradenburg, Louise, 114 n, 290
Franklin (narrator), 207 , 267 , 272 , 280 ;
admonition to Dorigen, 282 ;
motivation of, 283 ;
social rank of, 268 -69
Franklin's Tale , 21 , 215 , 267 -284;
male domination in, 272
Freud, Sigmund, 127 , 230 , 287 , 288 ;
view of castration, 239 ;
view of humor, 203 -5
Friar's Tale , 197
Friendship, male, 81 , 209 , 211 , 239 , 282 ;
in the Franklin's Tale , 269 ;
in Troilus and Criseyde , 154 .
See also Homosocial relationships
Fries, Maureen, 42