Chaucer's Language and the Philosophers' TraditionBoydell & Brewer Ltd, 1979 - 196 Seiten This book is designed to explore the various kinds of association found in Chaucer's lexical usage, and so to alert the reader to the wider implications of particular words and phrases. By concentrating on the `architecture' of the language, Dr Burnley offers what is in some respects an antidote to the skilled contextual glossing of the editor, whose activities may often obscure important connections. Such connections are vital to the interpretation of any work as a whole, and awareness of them is what distinguishes the scholar from the student who can `translate' Chaucer perfectly adequately without being aware of deeper meanings. Even apparently simple words such as l>cruel, mercy/l>and l>pity/l>can often carry subtle echoes and overtones. Dr Burnley is particularly concerned with words which carry some l>conceptual/l>association, and thus with moral stereotypes inherited from classical and early medieval philosophy, which formed the currency of both secular and religious ideals of conduct in the Middle Ages. His prime concern is to identify the themes and symbols and their characteristic language, and thus to provide a firm basis for critical investigation in Chaucer's literary use of this material. |
Inhalt
The Tyrant II | 11 |
The Image of the Tyrant | 29 |
Practical Wisdom | 44 |
The Philosopher | 64 |
Transformations of the Philosopher | 82 |
The State of the Heart | 99 |
Within Reason | 116 |
Beyond Reason | 134 |
The Gentil Man | 151 |
NOTES | 171 |
191 | |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accusation Alan of Lille amicitiae amor Aquinas Arcite associated behaviour Boethius Book C. S. Lewis century Chaucer Chaucerian Christian churl Cicero clementia compassion conception considered contemporary contrast courtly love cruel discussion divine echo edited emotional ethic example ferme folhaste Fortune fourteenth-century French gentil herte gentillesse Gower grace hath heart human ideal implied Jean de Meun justice kind king Knight's Tale Lactantius lady language Latin linguistic literary literature London lord lover medieval mercy mesure Middle English misericordia moral moralistic nature noght pagan Parliament of Fowls passions patience philosophical tradition phrase Piers Plowman pietas pitee pity poem poet poetry prudence rational reason reference relationship resoun Richard Roman Romaunt Seneca sense situation soul Stoic story suffering symbol Tale of Melibee Theseus tion translation Troilus and Criseyde tyranny tyrant usage vertu vice virtue vocabulary whilst words worldly ymaginacioun þat