'Verray Felicitee Parfit' and the Development of Chaucer's Philosophical Language
- Author / Editor
- Watts, William.
'Verray Felicitee Parfit' and the Development of Chaucer's Philosophical Language
- Published
- Chaucer Review 43 (2009): 260-81.
- Description
- Chaucer's uses of "verray felicitee parfit" and "verray parfit" evince his engagement with Boethius's concern with "the true and everlasting good, the 'summum bonum'" in the "Consolation of Philosophy." Whether meant ironically or used in the spirit of their original contexts, these phrases signal a relevance of the topic at hand to the larger philosophical question. Watts comments on usage in MerT, TC, and especially GP (Franklin).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
- Franklin and His Tale
- Merchant and His Tale
- Troilus and Criseyde