Chaucer's Eye of the Lynx and the Limits of Vision
- Author / Editor
- Taylor, Paul Beekman.
Chaucer's Eye of the Lynx and the Limits of Vision
- Published
- Chaucer Review 28 (1993): 67-77.
- Description
- In Bo, Chaucer's substitution of "the eye of the lynx" for the original "eye of Lynceus" points to his philosophy of vision. The lynx is sharp sighted and can perceive "the imperfection of things apparently fair." The poet's task is also to see beyond the limits of the eye.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece,