Fals Felicite and Verray Blisfulnesse: Alfred and Chaucer Translate Boethius's 'Consolation of Philosophy'
- Author / Editor
- Shirley, Peggy Faye.
Fals Felicite and Verray Blisfulnesse: Alfred and Chaucer Translate Boethius's 'Consolation of Philosophy'
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1977): 1417A-18A.
- Description
- When King Alfred translated Boethius' "Consolation," he changed some of the materials so that it could be understood by his people whereas Chaucer tried to translate as accurately as his Middle English would allow. The two translations are as different as the men who produced them.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.