Chaucerian Irony in the Boethian Short Poems : The Dramatic Tension Between Classical and Christian

Author / Editor
Chance, Jane.

Title
Chaucerian Irony in the Boethian Short Poems : The Dramatic Tension Between Classical and Christian

Published
Chaucer Review 20 (1986): 235-45.

Description
Form Age, For, Sted, Gent, and Truth show a progression from a strict Boethian adaptation to a more Christian or specifically Augustinian view. The tension appears in the pervasive irony.

Chaucer Subjects
Lyrics and Short Poems.