Fals Felicite and Verray Blisfulnesse: Alfred and Chaucer Translate Boethius's 'Consolation of Philosophy'

Author / Editor
Shirley, Peggy Faye.

Title
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.