Chaucer's 'Boethian' Lyrics

Author / Editor
Wong, Jennifer.

Title
Chaucer's 'Boethian' Lyrics

Published
Carmina Philosophiae 11: 93-116, 2002.

Description
In mood and details, Form Age and For enable us to see Chaucer's pessimistic attitudes toward "Boethian concerns." Truth, Gent, and Sted also emphasize the wretchedness of the present world rather than recognition of divine order and the consolation of detachment from the world.

Chaucer Subjects
Former Age.
Fortune.
Truth.
Gentilesse.
Lak of Stedfastnesse.