A Guidebook to Piers Plowman
eBook - ePub

A Guidebook to Piers Plowman

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Guidebook to Piers Plowman

About this book

William Langland's poem Piers Plowman is one of the most popular and widely-studied Middle English works. This comprehensive, readable guide leads the student chronologically through the entire text and is designed to be read alongside it. Assuming no previous knowledge, readers are introduced to characters, plot and argument in way that enables them to enjoy and analyse the text for themselves. A Guidebook to 'Piers Plowman':
- Clarifies and explores Langland's thinking
- Contextualises the religious, political and social issues he raises
- Details the genres and sources the poet uses
- Employs up-to-date bibliographical knowledge to offer alternative critical interpretations and suggest ways of relating these to the poet's key concerns
- Explains Langland's historical, theological and psychological assumptions in helpful inserted text boxes
- Features illustrations and suggestions for further reading Concise and approachable, this is an invaluable tool to help students appreciate the originality and modernity of Langland's poetry.

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Yes, you can access A Guidebook to Piers Plowman by Anna Baldwin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literatur & Literaturkritik des Mittelalters & der Frühen Neuzeit. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Text-boxes
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. The Prologue
  12. The First Vision: Passus 1–4
  13. The Second Vision: Passus 5–7
  14. The Third Vision: Passus 8–12
  15. The Fourth Vision: Passus 13–14
  16. The Fifth Vision: Passus 15–17
  17. The Sixth Vision
  18. The Seventh Vision
  19. The Eighth Vision
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index