Piers Plowman - The B-Version Archetype (Bx)

This edition, the first of its kind in Piers Plowman studies, aims to establish the archetypal text of the B-version of the poem, the ancestor of all extant manuscripts. The editors claim that this can be determined with certainty in the majority of lines by examining the relationship between the best copies of the alpha and beta families of the B-version stemma. Past editors have attempted to reconstruct the authorial text by extensive emendation, but Burrow and Turville-Petre claim that the archetype was not nearly as corrupt as previously maintained. In Piers Plowman: The B-Version Archetype the editors have opened a new chapter in the study of the B-text tradition.

A propos de l'auteur

John A. Burrow was emeritus professor at the University of Bristol, and the author of many studies of medieval literature, including Langland's Fictions.

Résumé

The first of its kind in Piers Plowman studies, this edition aims to establish the archetypal text of the B-version of the poem. The editors claim that this can be determined with certainty in the majority of lines by examining the relationship between the best copies of the alpha and beta families of the B-version stemma.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: William Langland
• Collaboration: John Burrow (Editeur), Thorlac Turville-Petre (Editeur)
• Edition: Society Early English and Norse Electronic Texts
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781941331149
• ISBN: 978-1-941331-14-9
• Pages: 388
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Poids: 628 g
• Thème: Piers Plowman Electronic Archi
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises