Description
Book SynopsisContinuing work begun by previous scholars,
New Directions in Boethian Studies brings together recent studies from the diverse perspective of recent scholarship published during the first decade of
Carmina Philosophiae: Journal of the International Boethius Society, a journal which seeks to make sound editions of texts and commentaries, both Latin and vernacular, more readily available to scholars. The book is divided into five sections according to the following areas of study: 1) aspects of Boethius’s Latin
De Consolatione Philosophiae, 2) vernacular translations of the
Consolatio, 3) multidisciplinary perspectives on Boethius in art and literary history, 4) multidisciplinary perspectives on Boethius in art and literary history, and 5) ongoing efforts to find and edit unpublished translations and major studies of Boethius’s works. The study of Boethius, his works, and his influence continues to expand as scholars turn their attention to interdisciplinary and heretofore neglected areas of research. The essays and the critical edition presented in this collection represent the ongoing discussions of established and emerging scholars who are drawn to Boethius, undeniably one of the most central and seminal thinkers in the Western tradition.
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Noel Harold Kaylor Jr. and Philip Edward Phillips
Part I: Boethius's Latin De Consolatione Philosophiae
The Philosophical Background of Sufficientia in Boethius's Consolation, Book 3 by William J. Asbell Jr.
Boethius's Consolatio Philosophiae as a Bridge between Classical and Christian Conceptions of Tragedy by Christine Herold
This is Comforting? Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, Rhetoric, Dialectic, and “Unicum Illud Inter Homines Deumque Commercium" by Krista Sue-Lo Twu
Part II: Vernacular Translation of the Consolatio
A Dit Contre Fortune, the Medieval French Boethian Consolatio Contained in MS Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 25418 by J. Keith Atkinson
An Italian Translation of Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion by Glynnis M. Cropp
Some Vernacular Versions of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae in Medieval Spain: Notes on Their Relationship with the Commentary Tradition by Francesca Ziino
Part III: Boethius in Art and Literary History
Visualizing Boethius's Consolation as Romance by Ann W. Astell
The Eternal Triangle of Writer, Patron, and Fortune in Late Medieval Literature by Christoph Houswitschka
Boethius, the Wife of Bath, and the Dialectic of Paradox by Michael Masi
Part IV: Boethius in Religion and Mythography
Boethius, Christ, and the New Order by Romanus Cessario
The Muses in the Consolation: The Late Medieval Mytholographic Tradition by Graham N. Drake
Part V: Reedition of The Boke of Coumfort of Bois
The Boke of Coumfort of Bois [Bodleian Library, Oxford MS AUCT. F. 3.5]: A Transcription with Introduction—Originally transcribed, edited and introduced by Noel Harold Kaylor Jr., Jason Edward Streed, and William H. Watts, Reedited here by Noel Harold Kaylor Jr., and Philip Edward Phillips
Contributors
Index of Manuscripts
General Index
