Chaucer's Translation of 'Boece' with Special Reference to the Word 'Gentilesse'
- Author / Editor
- Ono, Mana.
Chaucer's Translation of 'Boece' with Special Reference to the Word 'Gentilesse'
- Published
- Studies in Medieval Language and Literature (Tokyo) 1 (1986): 93-105.
- Description
- Comparing the use of "gentil" and "gentilesse" in Bo 3, pt. 6, 9, with Latin and French texts shows that Boethius had a great influence on Chaucer through Jean de Meun and that Chaucer uses the words in his own skillful way, as seen in works such as WBT and Gent.
- In Japanese.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Gentilesse.