Chaucer’s Translation of Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy

A Modern English Rendering

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2023
Brill (Verlag)
9789004543812 (ISBN)

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This edition modernizes Chaucer’s Middle-English translation of Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy so that students of Chaucer can easily engage with his version of a text that influenced many of his most important works.

This edition offers you the first Modern English version of Chaucer’s only previously untranslated major work, Boece. Boece is Chaucer’s Middle English translation of the 6th-century CE philosopher Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy. For over a thousand years, The Consolation underpinned Christian understanding of Fate, Fortune, Free Will, and Divine Providence, and its ideas influenced Chaucer’s major works. While many editions offer a Modern English translation from the original Latin, this edition gives you an approachable version of Chaucer’s translation and puts you face-to-face with his phrasings and emendations. Here, the father of English poetry’s voice finally speaks up, so you can enjoy his poetic turns and even track where the language from Boece echoes in The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde.

Conan M. Griffin earned his M.A. in English from Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and his M.Litt. in English from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. He is an Instructor at FGCU, where he has taught since 2010.

Translator’s Preface

Acknowledgements

Boethius’s Life in Brief

Boece’s Structure and Content

The Consolation of Philosophy’s Influence on Chaucer

Boece’s Enduring Allure

The Text of Boece

Book I

Book II

Book III

Book IV

Book V

Glossary of Words

Glossary of Proper Names

Further Readings

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.07.2023
Übersetzer	Conan M. Griffin
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	475 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9789004543812 / 9789004543812
Zustand	Neuware