Chaucer's Translation of the Bible.
- Author / Editor
- Thompson, W. Meredith.
Chaucer's Translation of the Bible.
- Published
- Norman Davis and C. L. Wrenn, eds. English and Medieval Studies Presented to J. R. R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday (New York: Humanities; London: Allen and Unwin, 1962), pp. 183-99.
- Description
- Surveys Chaucer's translations of passages from the Bible, commenting on his Biblical knowledge, his artistry in translating and using scripture, his mediating sources, his possible uses of the Vulgate and Wycliffite versions, and his "attitude" to the Bible. Includes a quoted list of forty-eight passages from Proverbs, the biblical book from which he translates most often.
- Contributor
- Davis, Norman, ed.
Wrenn, C. L., ed.
- Alternative Title
- English and Medieval Studies Presented to J. R. R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations