Piers Plowman
Author: William Langland
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0192836463
Category: Poetry
Page: 355
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Language: en
Pages: 355
Pages: 355
This is a reissue of the previous World's Classics edition.
Language: en
Pages: 272
Pages: 272
William Langland's 14th-century poem Piers Plowman is a disturbing and often humorous commentary on corruption and greed that remains meaningful today. The allegorical and satirical work revolves around the narrator's quest to live a good life, and takes the form of a series of dreams in which Piers, the honest
Language: en
Pages: 280
Pages: 280
This translation first appeared in a privately printed edition in 1904 (the translator remains anonymous). With an Introduction by Derek Matravers. When it was first published in 1781, The Confessions scandalised Europe with its emotional honesty and frank treatment of the author's sexual and intellectual development. Since then, it has
Language: en
Pages: 426
Pages: 426
William Langland’s poem stands at the centre of the study of ideological conflict, social change and religious ideas in the later fourteenth century. It is a poem that vividly encapsulates the great issues and debates of the day and acts as a commentary on cataclysmic events such as the Peasants’
Language: en
Pages: 416
Pages: 416
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