Chaucer and the Disconsolations of Philosophy: Boethius, Agency, and Literary Form in Late Medieval Literature

<p>This study argues that Chaucer's poetry belongs to a far-reaching conversation about the forms of consolation (philosophical, theological, and poetic) that are available to human persons. Chaucer's entry point to this conversation was Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, a s...

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Main Author: Bell, Jack Harding
Other Authors: Aers, David
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/12172