Chaucer and Boethius "De Musica."

Author / Editor
Dronke, Peter.

Title
Chaucer and Boethius "De Musica."

Published
Notes and Queries 211 (1966): 92.

Description
Describes a "flicker of humour" in Chaucer's allusion to Boethius in NPT (7.3294-95), indicating that the poet disagrees with his authority on the point of musical sensitivity.

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