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Sources of the Boece (The Chaucer Library)
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Hardcover. This book is particularly helpful for Chaucer studies, for it makes available copies of all Chaucer's sources for his translation: complete texts of Vulgate Consolatio and Meun's translation, along with relevant extracts from the commentaries of Nicholas Trevet and Remigius of Auxerre and collations from the larger Latin and French traditions. Editor(s): Machan, Tim William; Minnis, Alastair J. Series: Chaucer Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
A valuable new tool for Chaucer scholars. Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae was among the most persistent and extensive influences on Chaucer's writing. Its ideas appear in various works, including the Knight's Tale and Troilus and Criseyde, while the so-called Boethian balades offer poetic renditions of small sections of the Consolation. Around 1380 Chaucer translated the whole of the Consolation into English, drawing not only on the Latin Vulgate Consolatio but also on Jean de Meun's French translation (Li Livres de confort de philosophie) and on Nicholas Trevet's Latin commentary on the Consolatio. ""Sources of the Boece"" will be particularly valuable ... Read more
A valuable new tool for Chaucer scholars. Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae was among the most persistent and extensive influences on Chaucer's writing. Its ideas appear in various works, including the Knight's Tale and Troilus and Criseyde, while the so-called Boethian balades offer poetic renditions of small sections of the Consolation. Around 1380 Chaucer translated the whole of the Consolation into English, drawing not only on the Latin Vulgate Consolatio but also on Jean de Meun's French translation (Li Livres de confort de philosophie) and on Nicholas Trevet's Latin commentary on the Consolatio. ""Sources of the Boece"" will be particularly valuable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Chaucer Library
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820327600
SKU
V9780820327600
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99-5
About
Tim William Machan is a professor of English at Marquette University. His books include English in the Middle Ages and Textual Criticism and Middle English Texts. A. J. Minnis is Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio State University. His books include Magister Amoris and Chaucer's Shorter Poems.
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