Public piers plowman

Informationen zum Autor C. David Benson is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He has published widely on medieval literature. Klappentext Places the fourteenth-century poem "Piers Plowman! widely popular in its own day! in the center of late medieval English culture and explores why the work has been marginalized. Zusammenfassung This title returns the 14th-century poem "Piers Plowman" to late medieval English culture by treating it as a public rather than a personal or elite work. Divided into two parts! the first is an extended essay on "Piers" scholarship and the second part offers an alternative history of the poem.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: C David Benson, C. David (Emeritus Benson, Benson C. David
• Editore: External catalogues US
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.12.2003
• EAN: 9780271023151
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02315-1
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 240 mm x 37 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Middle English