Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae: Reception, Translations, and Influence

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

Chancing Analogic Thought in Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae

Presenter 1 Name

Lucia Treanor, FSE

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Grand Valley State Univ.

Paper Title 2

"Jewels in a Crown of Lead": The Consolatory Structure of Coleridge's Boethian Biographia literaria

Presenter 2 Name

Anthony G. Cirilla

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Niagara Univ.

Start Date

13-5-2017 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 213

Description

This session on the reception, translations, and influence of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae, sponsored by the International Boethius Society, will feature papers on analogic thought in Boethius's Latin De consolatione philosophiae [The Consolation of Philosophy], Boethian influence in Geoffrey Chaucer's Boece and The House of Fame, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's indebtedness to Boethius in Biographia Literaria.

Philip Edward Phillips