Tragic Diction in Chaucer's "Boece," the "Canterbury Tales," and Hoccleve's "Series."
- Author / Editor
- Stavsky, Jonathan.
Tragic Diction in Chaucer's "Boece," the "Canterbury Tales," and Hoccleve's "Series."
- Published
- A. Joseph McMullen and Erica Weaver, eds. The Legacy of Boethius in Medieval England: The "Consolation" and Its Afterlives (Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2018.), pp. 155-69.
- Description
- Explores words and nuances associated with tragedy in Chaucer's works, describing a pair of emphases in Bo that may indicate direct study of Boethius's original rather than glosses or commentaries. Considers the extent to which the Monk may have known the work, especially as indicated in the responses to the Monk by the Knight, Host, and Nun's Priest. Also assesses the resonances of MkT in Thomas Hoccleve's version of the transformation of Nebuchadnezzar.
- Alternative Title
- The Legacy of Boethius in Medieval England.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece
Language and Word Studies
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Tradition
Monk and His Tale
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion