Research Catalog

Title

A guidebook to Piers Plowman / Anna Baldwin.

Author

Baldwin, Anna P.

Publication

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Langland, William, 1330?-1400?

Description

xiii, 295 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"This ... guide works chronologically through the entire text of 'Piers Plowman' and is designed to be read alongside it. Assuming no previous knowledge, it equips readers to enjoy and analyse the text for themselves by clarifying Langland's thinking, contextualising the religious, political and social issues raised, detailing the genres and sources he is using, and offering alternative critical interpretations at key points."--Publisher's Web site, Sept. 3, 2010.

Subject

• Christian poetry, English (Middle) > History and criticism
• Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
• Langland, William
• Piers Plowman (Langland)
• Piers Plowman

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Prologue -- The first vision: passus 1-4 -- The second vision: passus 5-7 -- The third vision: passus 8-12 -- The fourth vision: 13-14 -- The fifth vision: passus 15-17 -- The sixth vision -- The seventh vision -- The eighth vision.

ISBN

• 023050714X (hbk.)
• 0230507158 (pbk.)
• 9780230507142 (hbk.)
• 9780230507159 (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library