Boethian Parallels in the 'Tale of Melibee'
- Author / Editor
- Hartman, Ronald.
Boethian Parallels in the 'Tale of Melibee'
- Published
- English Studies 79 (1998): 166-70.
- Description
- Suggests a clear parallel between Boethius and Melibee: both have suffered an injustice, which is seen as a symptom of an illness that has to be cured and that has moved them away from God to where Fortune rules. They are thus subjected to punishment and correction from God.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Melibee.
- Boece.