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Piers Plowman: A New Annotated Edition Of The C-Text

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ISBN: 9780859897846 Author: Pearsall, Derek (Editor) Language: English Item Weight: 1.65 Format: Paperback Publication Year: 2008 Book Title: Piers Plowman: A New Annotated Edition Of The C-Text Publisher: University of Exeter Press

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Piers Plowman: A New Annotated Edition Of The C-Text. Language: English. Publisher: University of Exeter Press. Number of Pages: 426. ISBN13: 9780859897846. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Piers Plowman: A New Annotated Edition Of The C-Text ISBN13: 9780859897846 ISBN10: 0859897842 Author: Pearsall, Derek (Editor) Description: 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' Revolt (1381), The Condemnation Of Wyclif's Ideas (1382) And The Rise Of Lollardy It Is Also One Of The Greatest Poems Of The English Middle Ages, Worth Reading Beside Dante And Chaucer The Poem Has Provoked A Sophisticated And Wide-Ranging Critical Literature It Needs To Be Read In An Edition By An Expert Conceived With The Student-Reader In Mind Of The A, B And C Versions Of The Text Of Piers Plowman, Only A Student-Geared Edition Of The B-Text Exists And That Edition Is Now Becoming Dated The C-Text, Which Supersedes B In Terms Of Langland's Poetic Career, Is Also A More Complete And Carefully Structured Poem It Needs To Be Available In An Equally Readerly Edition; This Is Such An Edition For His New Edition Of The C-Text Of Piers Plowman, Derek Pearsall Has Completely Revised The Text, Added Side Glosses For The Benefit Of Student Readers Of The Poem (Though Without Sacrificing The Glossary), And Revised And Updated The Explanatory Notes The Introduction Has Also Been Expanded, Revised And Reshaped To Take Account Of This Since The New Edition Involves A Significant Reworking Of The Previous Edition And Justifies Library Copy Replacement, A Hardback Library Edition Will Be Available For A Limited Period Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: University of Exeter Press Publication Date: 2008-10-01 Dimensions: 1'' H x 9.6'' L x 6.8'' W Number of Pages: 426 Language: English

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