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Piers Plowman : the Donaldson translation, Middle English text, sources and backgrounds, criticism / William Langland ; edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Stephen H.A. Shepherd.

Title
Piers Plowman : the Donaldson translation, Middle English text, sources and backgrounds, criticism / William Langland ; edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Stephen H.A. Shepherd.
Author
Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Publication
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, ©2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Robertson, Elizabeth Ann, 1951-
  • Shepherd, Stephen H. A.
  • Donaldson, E. Talbot (Ethelbert Talbot), 1910-1987
Description
xxviii, 644 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "Piers Plowman is one of the most significant works of medieval literature. Astonishing in its cultural and theological scope, William Langland's iconoclastic masterpiece is at once a historical relic and a deeply spiritual vision, probing not only the social and religious aristocracy but also the day-to-day realities of a largely voiceless proletariat class. E. Talbot Donaldson's translation of the text has been selected for this Norton Critical Edition because of its skillful emulation of the original poem's distinct alliterative verse. Selections of the authoritative Middle English text are also included for comparative analysis. "Sources and Backgrounds" includes a large collection of contemporary religious and historical documents pertaining to the poem, including selections from the Douai Bible, accounts of the plague, and legal statutes. "Criticism" includes twenty interpretive essays by leading medievalists, among them E. Talbot Donaldson, George Kane, Jill Mann, Derek Pearsall, C. David Benson, and Elizabeth D. Kirk. A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included."--Publisher's website.
  • Presents the fourteenth-century epic poem by William Langland that explores day-to-day life in medieval England.
Series Statement
A Norton critical edition
Uniform Title
Norton critical edition.
Subject
  • Langland, William, 1330?-1400? > Criticism, Textual
  • Langland, William, 1330?-1400? > Sources
  • Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
  • Langland, William > Criticism, Textual
  • Langland, William > Sources
  • Langland, William
  • Piers Plowman (Langland, William)
  • Piers Plowman
  • Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Poetry
  • Christian poetry, English (Middle)
  • Visions > Poetry
  • Dreams > Poetry
  • Poésie chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais)
  • Visions > Poésie
  • Rêves > Poésie
  • Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
  • Dreams
  • Visions
Genre/Form
  • Fictional Work
  • Poetry
  • Aufsatzsammlung.
  • poetry.
  • Fiction
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Sources
  • Romans.
  • Poésie.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-644).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The text of Piers Plowman -- Sources and backgrounds -- Criticism.
ISBN
  • 0393975592
  • 9780393975598
LCCN
  • 2004057578
  • 40012707451
OCLC
  • 56111660
  • SCSB-10975638
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library