| Description |
x, 700 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Piers Plowman--the three versions
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Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Piers Plowman (Three versions) ; 3.
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| Note |
"At head of title: Piers Plowman : the C version." |
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"An edition in the form of the Huntington Library MS HM 143, corrected and restored from the known evidence with variant readings." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
This definitive edition of the C Version of Piers Plowman presents the poem in its second, uncompleted revision. Its base is the text in Huntington Library MS 143, corrected and restored from the evidence of all known manuscripts of the C tradition to that of the first fair copy of the poet's revision materials. The correction and restoration are described in an extensive Introduction, and there is a full apparatus of variant readings. |
| Language |
Notes and commentary in English, text is in Middle English. |
| Subject |
Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- Criticism, Textual.
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Christian poetry, English (Middle) |
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Criticism, Textual. |
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry.
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Subject |
Christian poetry, English (Middle)
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Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman (C-text) -- Criticism, Textual.
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Piers Plowman (Langland, William) |
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Langland, William (1332?-1400?). Piers the Plowman. |
| Genre/Form |
Christian poetry.
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Narrative poetry.
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Literary criticism.
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Christian poetry.
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Allegories.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Narrative poetry.
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Allegories.
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Literary criticism.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Russell, G. H. (George Harrison), 1923-
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Kane, George.
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| Added Title |
Piers Plowman (C-text) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008110037
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman (C-text). Will's visions of Piers Plowman, do-well, do-better, and do-best. London : Athlone Press ; Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997 (OCoLC)645881982 |
| ISBN |
0520210581 (US) |
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9780520210585 (US) |
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0485114089 (UK) |
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9780485114089 (UK) |
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