| Chaucer's Boece and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius Contributor(s): Alastair J. Minnis, Alastair J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0859913686 ISBN-13: 9780859913683 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1993 Annotation: This collection seeks to locate the Boece within the medievaltradition of the academic study and translation of the Consolatiophilosophiae/, thereby relating the work to the intellectual culturewhich made it possible. It begins with the fullest study yet undertakenof the Boethius commentary of Nicholas Trevet, this being a majorsource of the Boece. There follow editions and translationsof the major passages in Trevet's commentary where Neoplatonic issuesare confronted, then Chaucer's debt to Trevet is assessed in a detailedreview. The many choices which faced Chaucer as a translator are indicated and the Boeceis placed in a long line of interpreters of Boethius in which both Latin commentators and vernacular translators played their parts. Finally, a view is offered of the Boece as anexample of late-medieval academic translation': if the Boeceis assigned to this genre, it may be judged a considerable success. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 100 |
| LCCN: 93010159 |
| Series: Chaucer Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.06 lbs) 213 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |