Lawrence Warner

The Lost History of Piers Plowman

The Earliest Transmission of Langland's Work

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Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking work challenges the received history of William Langland's "Piers Plowman." Through close textual analysis, Lawrence Warner brings about a fundamental shift in our understanding of the production and transmission of the poem's three versions, establishing an entirely new paradigm for the study of Middle English literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780812242751
• ISBN-10: 0812242750
• Artikelnr.: 30517686

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Warner is Senior Lecturer in Middle English at at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1. Piers Plowman Before 1400: Evidence for the Earliest Circulation
of A, B, and C
Chapter 2. Scribal Conflation, Convergent Variation, and the Invention of
Piers Plowman B
Chapter 3. The Poison of Possession: B Passus 15
Chapter 4. The Ending, and End, of Piers Plowman B
Conclusion. Lollars, Friars, and Fyndynges: C Passus 9 and the Creation of
Piers Plowman
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments