A Companion to Piers Plowman / John Alford, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alford, John A., 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman.

Langland, William.

Physical Description:

xii, 286 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988.

Summary:

"A Companion to Piers Plowman" is the first comprehensive guide to William Langland's fourteenth-century masterpiece. Until now no single volume has discussed the broad range of issues raised here, nor have previous studies drawn on such an internationally distinguished group of Langland scholars.

Contents:

Introduction: The Critical Heritage / Anne Middleton 1

I. Piers Plowman and the Late Middle Ages

1. The Design of the Poem / John A. Alford 29

2. The Historical Context / Anna P. Baldwin 67

3. Langland's Theology / Robert Adams 87

II. Generic Influences on Piers Plowman

4. Allegorical Visions / Stephen A. Barney 117

5. Satire / John A. Yunck 135

6. Medieval Sermons / Siegfried Wenzel 155

III. The Text and Language of Piers Plowman

7. The Text / George Kane 175

8. Dialect and Grammar / M. L. Samuels 201

9. Alliterative Style / David A. Lawton 223

Epilogue: The Legacy of Piers Plowman / Anne Hudson 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520060067

0520060075

OCLC:

16756786