Chaucer as Philologist: The 'Boece'

Author / Editor
Machan, Tim William.

Title
Chaucer as Philologist: The 'Boece'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 45 (1984): 1393A.

Description
Study of Bo in light of related French and Latin manuscripts reveals that the work may be an underrated rough draft. Chaucer strives for faithful and intelligible translation, rejecting alien structures and coining words as needed.

Chaucer Subjects
Boece.