This is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland's own extensive revision of his original test. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society, its deeply imaginative religious vision, and its passionate concern to see justice and truth prevail in our world.

Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-text (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Langland, William

Schmidt, A. V. C.

British & Irish

Oxford University Press

This is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland's own extensive revision of his original text. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society, its deeply imaginative religious vision, and its passionate concern to see justice and truth prevail in our world.

Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-text (Oxford World's Classics)

History & Criticism

This is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland's own extensive revision of his original text. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society, its deeply imaginative religious vision, and its passionate concern to see justice and truth prevail in our world. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Medieval English romances

Medieval English Romances

Holmes & Meier Pub

A.V.C. Schmidt is concerned to rebut the common view of Langland as more concerned with the content of his `message' than with the minutiae of his art. He bases his study on close examination of particular lines and passages which establish convincingly that the poetry of Piers Plowmandemands and deserves the most attentive scrutiny and is inseparable from a proper concern with its structure and themes. In this study of the B-text of Piers PlowmanA.V.C. Schmidt argues that Langland is a writer who combines the Latin learning of a medieval `clerk' with the traditional skills of an alliterative `maker' to create an art unique for its linguistic subtlety and poetic richness. Beginning with an account of Langland's attitude to the moral and artistic demands of his poem, the book proceeds to a detailed study of the nature of his versecraft, examining the structure of the line, enjambement and a variety of devices used to enrich the texture, from complex forms of alliteration to pararhyme and rhyme. These are considered in the light of what Langland may have learned from medieval Latin poets and writers on the art of poetry. A.V.C. Schmidt is concerned to rebut the common view of Langland as more concerned with the content of his `message' than with the minutiae of his art. He bases his study on close examination of particular lines and passages which establish convincingly that the poetry of Piers Plowman demands and deserves the most attentive scrutiny and is inseperable from a proper concern with its structure and themes.A.V.C. SCHMIDTis a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and university lecturer in English. He is co-editor of the influential journal of medieval studies, Medium Aevum.

The Clerkly Maker: Langland's Poetic Art (Piers Plowman Studies) (Volume 4)

D.S.Brewer

Piers Plowman: A Parallel-Text Edition of A, B, C and Z Versions

Classics

Medieval Institute Publications

This work--a parallel-text edition that contains all four versions of Piers Plowman--constitutes a major enterprise of textual scholarship and will provide for students of Langland a modern equivalent to Skeat's standard edition of 1886.

Piers Plowman: A Parallel-Text Edition of the A, B, C and Z Versions, William Langland (Volume I: Text) (Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 10)

Piers Plowman: A Parallel-Text Edition of the A, B, C and Z Versions, William Langland (Volume 2, Part 1: Introduction and Textual Notes) (Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 10)

Computers & Technology

Programming

Piers Plowman: A Parallel-Text Edition of the A, B, C and Z Versions, William Langland (Volume 2, Part 2: Commentary, Bibliography and Indexical ... in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 10)

This work--a parallel-text edition that contains all four versions of Piers Plowman--constitutes a major enterprise of textual scholarship and will provide for students of Langland a modern equivalent to Skeat's standard edition of 1886. This revised and corrected three-volume set is specifically designed to facilitate study of the parallel text (Volume 1) alongside both the textual notes (Volume 2, part 1) and the commentary/glossary (Volume 2, part 2), and is intended to make the entire edition available to as many students of Langland as possible.

Piers Plowman: A Parallel-Text Edition of the A, B, C and Z Versions, William Langland

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