Project Gutenberg 2014-02-05 Public domain in the USA. 123 Chaucer, Geoffrey 1342 1400 Chaucer, Jeffrey Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) 1835 1912 Skeat, Walter William Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 — Boethius and Troilus Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 — Boethius and Troilus" by Geoffrey Chaucer is a literary collection written in the 14th century. This volume includes Chaucer's translation of "De Consolatione Philosophiae" by Boethius, which explores themes of misfortune and the nature of happiness, and the narrative poem "Troilus and Criseyde," which revolves around the tragic love story between the Trojan prince Troilus and the beautiful Criseyde. The works reflect Chaucer's engagement with philosophical questions and romantic ideals, offering readers a glimpse into medieval thought and literature. The opening of this volume sets the stage for an exploration of the profound themes presented in the two central works. It begins with an introduction to Boethius, detailing his philosophical disputes and unfortunate imprisonment, which sparks the creation of his "Consolation of Philosophy." In this section, Chaucer emphasizes Boethius's plight and the comforting presence of Philosophy as a guiding figure. The excerpt also touches upon Chaucer’s connections to Boethius's ideas, suggesting a blend of philosophical inquiry and poetic narrative that will define the ensuing texts. Overall, this introduction hints at the depth of existential reflection and emotional storytelling that characterize the upcoming works. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44833/44833-h/images/cover.jpg en English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 PR Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature 1891341 1891350 2024-09-18T18:39:38.896643 2023-09-19T13:55:19.364826 text/html text/html 1941096 2014-02-05T10:02:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 994082 2014-02-05T10:03:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1172270 2024-09-18T18:40:21.928645 application/epub+zip 1214394 2024-09-18T18:39:46.164588 application/epub+zip 840806 2024-09-18T18:39:42.390611 application/epub+zip 1867955 2024-09-18T18:40:44.279837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1619766 2024-09-18T18:40:17.412485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1213524 2022-09-20T13:07:51.414648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1343666 1343564 2024-09-18T18:39:29.232670 2023-09-19T13:55:09.847759 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1342868 2014-02-05T10:02:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 507311 2014-02-05T10:03:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1342994 2014-02-05T10:03:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 506627 2014-02-05T10:03:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20860 2024-09-18T18:40:44.529798 application/rdf+xml 8945 2024-09-18T18:39:43.098629 image/jpeg 1920 2024-09-18T18:39:42.744608 image/jpeg 1206491 2024-09-18T18:39:39.049657 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia