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The Old English Boethius: with Verse Prologues and Epilogues Associated with King Alfred
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Hardback. Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, a 6th century meditation on fate, free will, and virtue, was translated from Latin to Old English around 900, bringing it to a vernacular audience for the first time. This edition, translated from Old English by Susan Irvine and Malcolm Godden, includes verse prologues and epilogues associated with King Alfred. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
The Old English Boethius boldly refashions in Anglo-Saxon guise a great literary monument of the late-antique world, The Consolation of Philosophy. Condemned to death for treason around 525 ce, the Roman scholar Boethius turned to philosophy to transform his personal distress into a powerful meditation on fate, free will, and the human capacity for virtue in a flawed, fallen world. Boethius's Latin dialogues found a receptive audience in Anglo-Saxon England, where they were translated into Old English some time around 900. The translator (traditionally identified with King Alfred) freely adapts the Latin for a new audience: the Roman Fabricius, for ... Read more
The Old English Boethius boldly refashions in Anglo-Saxon guise a great literary monument of the late-antique world, The Consolation of Philosophy. Condemned to death for treason around 525 ce, the Roman scholar Boethius turned to philosophy to transform his personal distress into a powerful meditation on fate, free will, and the human capacity for virtue in a flawed, fallen world. Boethius's Latin dialogues found a receptive audience in Anglo-Saxon England, where they were translated into Old English some time around 900. The translator (traditionally identified with King Alfred) freely adapts the Latin for a new audience: the Roman Fabricius, for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Weight
576g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674055582
SKU
V9780674055582
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About Boethius
Susan Irvine is Professor of English, University College London. Malcolm R. Godden was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford.
Reviews for The Old English Boethius: with Verse Prologues and Epilogues Associated with King Alfred
Splendidly satisfies the need for an authoritative, accessible account of these remarkable texts. The two volumes offer scrupulous editions and Modern English translations, exhaustive textual apparatus, and insightful commentary...All original scholarship on the Boethius hereafter will owe a massive debt to Godden and Irvine for opening up so many new possibilities...Oxford University Press has done justice to the editors' achievement ... Read more