Clearing the Fields: Toward a Reassessment of Chaucer's Use of Trevet in the 'Boece'
- Author / Editor
- Gleason, Mark J.
Clearing the Fields: Toward a Reassessment of Chaucer's Use of Trevet in the 'Boece'
- Published
- A. J. Minnis, ed. The Medieval Boethius (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987), pp. 89-105.
- Description
- Gleason addresses three misunderstandings: disparagement of the literary value of Bo and its sources; inaccurate evaluation of Chaucer's use of sources, especially Trevet; and lack of information about Trevet's commentary, which is significant in itself and important to Chaucer for philosophic content beyond mere glosses.
- Alternative Title
- The Medieval Boethius.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.