'The Kingis Quair' and 'The Consolation of Philosophy'

Author / Editor
Caretta, Vincent.

Title
'The Kingis Quair' and 'The Consolation of Philosophy'

Published
Studies in Scottish Literature 16 (1981): 14-28.

Description
"The Kingis Quair" has been interpreted as autobiographical and Boethian. If, however, James I understood Boethius as Chaucer did, both interpretations are incorrect. James discredits his narrator persona by using the Chaucerian Boethius as a standard that he cannot attain.

Alternative Title
Studies in Scottish Literature 16 (1981)

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Boece.