Piers Plowman A Modern Verse Translation
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Piers Plowman A Modern Verse Translation

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Full Title

Piers Plowman A Modern Verse Translation
Author(s)

William Langland
Edition
ISBN

9781476618173, 9780786495030
Publisher

McFarland
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

William Langland’s 14th-century poem Piers Plowman, a disturbing and often humorous commentary on corruption and greed, remains meaningful today. The allegorical 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 plowman, appears in various guises. Characters such as Conscience, Fidelity and Charity, alongside Falsehood and Guile, are instantly recognizable as our present-day politicians and celebrities, friends and neighbors. Social issues are confronted, including governance, economic relations, criminal justice, marital relations and the limits of academic learning, as well as religious belief and the natural world. This new verse translation from the Middle English preserves the energy, imagery and intent of the original, and retains its alliterative style. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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