Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 475 g
A Modern English Rendering
Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 475 g
ISBN: 978-90-04-54381-2
Verlag: Brill
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.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Übersetzung, Editionstechnik
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
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
