{"product_id":"sources-of-the-boece-a-minnis-9780820327600","title":"Sources of the Boece","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoethius's \u003ci\u003eDe Consolatione Philosophiae\u003c\/i\u003e was among the most persistent and extensive influences on Chaucer's writing. Its ideas appear in various works, including the \u003ci\u003eKnight's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e, while the so-called Boethian balades offer poetic renditions of small sections of the Consolation. Around 1380 Chaucer translated the whole of the \u003ci\u003eConsolation\u003c\/i\u003e into English, drawing not only on the Latin Vulgate \u003ci\u003eConsolatio\u003c\/i\u003e but also on Jean de Meun's French translation (\u003ci\u003eLi Livres de confort de philosophie\u003c\/i\u003e) and on Nicholas Trevet's Latin commentary on the \u003ci\u003eConsolatio\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSources of the Boece\u003c\/i\u003e will be particularly valuable for Chaucer studies, for it makes available for the first time copies of all Chaucer's sources for his translation: newly edited, complete, facing-page texts of the Vulgate \u003ci\u003eConsolatio\u003c\/i\u003e and Meun's translation, along with relevant extracts from the commentaries of Nicholas Trevet and Remigius of Auxerre and collations from the larger Latin and French traditions. The edition thus enables detailed, comparative studies of Chaucer's use of his sources and provides additional material for assessing his understanding of Boethius's ideas and how they figure in his other compositions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore generally, the very format of the edition will facilitate the study of translation in the Middle Ages, when writers worked not from standardized editions like the ones modern scholars consult but from variable and sometimes conflicting traditions. Chaucer's procedures provide insights into medieval notions of textuality and vernacular authorship, issues that are perennial scholarly concerns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Minnis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820327603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820327600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.38w x 1.00d","brand":"A. Minnis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059866136831,"sku":"9780820327600","price":120.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78888535-4873-47c4-9607-e0ce80e405cb.jpg?v=1685060777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sources-of-the-boece-a-minnis-9780820327600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}