Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [635]-644)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Piers Plowman

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56111660

Responsibility statement

William Langland ; edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Stephen H.A. Shepherd

Series statement

A Norton critical edition

Sub title

the Donaldson translation, Middle English text, sources and backgrounds, criticism

Summary

Presents the fourteenth-century epic poem by William Langland that explores day-to-day life in medieval England. This Norton edition provides a newly edited version of Donaldson's translation plus a large collection of religious and historical documents related to the poem, and twenty essays, selected to allow readers to deepen their critical and interdisciplinary understanding of the poem

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