Piers the Ploughman - Penguin Press Poetry

Informationen zum Autor Born in about 1332 in Shropshire, the son of a small Oxfordshire landholder, William Langland trained to be a priest but due to the death of his patrons he only took Minor Orders and was unable to advance in the Church. He wandered a good deal in England and lived an unconventional life, constantly writing verse. He died at the end of the century. Klappentext Written by a fourteenth-century cleric, this spiritual allegory explores man in relation to his ultimate destiny against the background of teeming, colorful medieval life. Zusammenfassung Written by a fourteenth-century cleric, this spiritual allegory explores man in relation to his ultimate destiny against the background of teeming, colorful medieval life.

Product details

• Authors: J. Goodridge, J. F. Goodridge, William Langland
• Assisted by: J. Goodridge (Introduction), J. F. Goodridge (Introduction), F. Goodridge (Translation), J. Goodridge (Translation), J. F. Goodridge (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2006
• EAN: 9780140440874
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044087-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / Medieval, Classical texts, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts