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1883 The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman : Thomas Wright (2 Vols) Poetry
1883 The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman : Thomas Wright (2 Vols) Poetry
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The Vision & Creed Of Piers Ploughman
Edited from a contemporary manuscript, with historical intro, notes & glossary by Thomas Wright.
Published by Reeves & Turner, London, 1883. Second and Revised Edition. Complete in Two Volumes. 8vo, cloth bindings with gilt. 612 pages (pagination runs through both volumes). Fold-out frontispiece to volume I.
Both volumes in very good condition. All contents present. Light age-toning to outer margins. Overall a good complete set of the second edition.
Piers Plowman (written c. 1370–86; possibly c. 1377) or Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (William's Vision of Piers Plowman) is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in un-rhymed, alliterative verse divided into sections called passus (Latin for "step").
Like the Pearl Poet's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest works of English literature of the Middle Ages, even preceding and influencing Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Piers Plowman contains the first known reference to a literary tradition of Robin Hood tales.
There exist three distinct versions of the poem, which scholars refer to as the A-, B-, and C-texts. The B-text is the most widely edited and translated version; it revises and extends the A-text by over four thousand lines.
Edited from a contemporary manuscript, with historical intro, notes & glossary by Thomas Wright.
Published by Reeves & Turner, London, 1883. Second and Revised Edition. Complete in Two Volumes. 8vo, cloth bindings with gilt. 612 pages (pagination runs through both volumes). Fold-out frontispiece to volume I.
Both volumes in very good condition. All contents present. Light age-toning to outer margins. Overall a good complete set of the second edition.
Piers Plowman (written c. 1370–86; possibly c. 1377) or Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (William's Vision of Piers Plowman) is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in un-rhymed, alliterative verse divided into sections called passus (Latin for "step").
Like the Pearl Poet's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest works of English literature of the Middle Ages, even preceding and influencing Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Piers Plowman contains the first known reference to a literary tradition of Robin Hood tales.
There exist three distinct versions of the poem, which scholars refer to as the A-, B-, and C-texts. The B-text is the most widely edited and translated version; it revises and extends the A-text by over four thousand lines.
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