Chaucer's Eye of the Lynx and the Limits of Vision

Author / Editor
Taylor, Paul Beekman.

Title
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,