The Occasion of Chaucer's "Boece."
- Author / Editor
- Minnis, Alastair J.
Machan, Tim William,
The Occasion of Chaucer's "Boece."
- Published
- New Medieval Literatures 23 (2023): 130-78.
- Description
- Challenges the "dominant paradigm" for the date and composition of Bo, dismantling "several doubtful propositions"--influence on Usk's "Testament," Chaucer's use of Bo in his other works, Chaucer as a "poor Latinist." Analyzes Bo as a "late-medieval academic translation" that combines various sources, intermingling text, glosses, and commentaries in a late-career, politically sensitive product, perhaps a "gift to some person of power." Also assesses Cambridge University Library, MS Ii.3.21, as "A Presentation Copy in the Making?"
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece
Manuscripts and Textual Studies