Chaucer's "Boece" and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius

Author / Editor
Minnis, A. J., ed.

Title
Chaucer's "Boece" and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius

Published
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1993.

Physical Description
x, 203 pp.

Series
Chaucer Studies, no. 18.

Description
Four essays and two appendices place Bo in the "tradition of the academic study and translation of the 'Consolatio,'" clarifying the relative importance of such predecessors as William of Conches, Jean de Meun, anonymous commentators, and especially Nicholas Trevet. Includes an essay about Trevet's commentary on "Consolatio" 3.m.9 and 3.m.11, by E. T. Silk and A. B. Scott. The appendices supply passages from the commentary of Pseudo-William and a selection of comparative passages from Conches, a thirteenth-century reviser, and Trevet. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Chaucer's "Boece" and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius under Alternative Title.

Chaucer Subjects
Boece.