Translating Lady Philosophy: Chaucer and the Boethian Corpus of Cambridge, University Library MS Ii. 3. 21.
- Author / Editor
- Nielsen, Melinda E.
Translating Lady Philosophy: Chaucer and the Boethian Corpus of Cambridge, University Library MS Ii. 3. 21.
- Published
- Chaucer Review 51.2 (2016): 209-26.
- Description
- Considers how the interrelated texts and glosses in CUL, MS Ii.III.21 depict in nuanced ways the gender of Lady Philosophy, focusing on Chaucer's emphasis in Bo of her "norisschyng" of Boethius as teacher, physician, and wet-nurse. While translating Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy" (and aware of Nicholas of Trevet's and Jean de Meun's versions) Chaucer reiterates and magnifies the "feminine and pedagogical" aspects of Philosophy and the translation process.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece
Manuscripts and Textual Studies