The Nun's Priest's Tale and Boethus's 'De Musica'

Author / Editor
Chamberlain, David

Title
The Nun's Priest's Tale and Boethus's 'De Musica'

Published
Modern Philology 68 (1970): 188-91.

Description
Suggests that Chauntecleer is Chaucer's satiric target when he refers to Boethius in NPT 7.3294; the rooster apparently is not familiar with Boethian music theory found in both "De Musica" and the "Consolation of Philosophy."

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations