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Piers Plowman and the poor / Anne M. Scott.
Van Pelt Library PR2017.P67 S26 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Anne M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman.
- Langland, William.
- Poor in literature.
- Poverty in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts, 2004.
- Contents:
- 1 Meanings of poverty: Langland's five distinctions 25
- 2 The life of the poor, the necessity of work and the exercise of charity 68
- 3 'Marchaunt - in "e margyne': how can the non-poor be saved? 115
- 4 Voluntary poverty and involuntary need: Will's experience of being a poor man 156
- 5 Food of life and heavenly reward: a question of justice 193.
- Notes:
- "Errata" inserted.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1851827250
- OCLC:
- 54949486
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