Translations and Adaptations of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Boethius Society

Organizer Name

Philip Edward Phillips

Organizer Affiliation

Middle Tennessee State Univ.

Presider Name

Philip Edward Phillips

Paper Title 1

"Trouthe thee shal delivere": Boethian Trouthe and Chaucerian Lyric

Presenter 1 Name

Megan Murton

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Xavier Univ.

Paper Title 2

Trivial Kingship: Boethian Personification, the Trivium, and James I's Kingis Quair

Presenter 2 Name

Anthony G. Cirilla

Presenter 2 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 3

"The Tru Cause of Its Fatal Ruine": The Consolation of Sir Harry Coningsby's Poetic Translation

Presenter 3 Name

Kenneth Hawley

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Lubbock Christian Univ.

Start Date

16-5-2015 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 209

Description

The papers in this interdisciplinary session will examine English and German translations and adaptations of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae. Specific English translators discussed will include Chaucer, Elizabeth I, James I, Sir Harry Coningsby, and others.

Philip Edward Phillips