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| Named Person: | William Langland; William Langland |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
C David Benson |
| ISBN: | 0271023155 9780271023151 |
| OCLC Number: | 52216127 |
| Description: | xix, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The history of the Langland myth -- Beyond the myth of the poem : is there a test in these manuscripts? -- Beyond the myth of the poet : looking for the Langland in all the wrong places -- Public writing : Mandeville's travels and the book of Margery Kempe -- Public art : parish wall paintings -- Public life : London civic practices. |
| Responsibility: | C. David Benson. |
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Abstract:
"Public Piers Plowman is divided into two parts. The first is an extended essay on what Benson calls the "Langland myth." He traces the evolution of Piers scholarship and demonstrates the limitations of treating Piers as a direct expression of the poet's experience and intellectual views." "In the second part Benson offers an alternative history for the poem. Benson approaches it from a broader public context, using representative examples from vernacular writing, parish art, and civic practices. He argues that Piers reached a wide contemporary audience because, far from being an account only of the author's own life and opinions, it was securely rooted in the common culture of its time and place."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Langland, William, -- 1330?-1400? -- Piers Plowman.
- Literature and history -- England -- History -- To 1500.
- Literature and society -- England -- History -- To 1500.
- English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
- Art and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
- Piers Plowman (Langland)
- Langland, William.
- Piers Plowman.
