A Companion to Piers Plowman

Forsideomslag
John A. Alford
University of California Press, 1988 - 286 sider
A Companion to Piers Plowman is the first comprehensive guide to William Langland's fourteenth-century masterpiece. Until now no single volume has discussed the broad range of issues raised here, nor have previous studies drawn on such an internationally distinguished group of Langland scholars.
 

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The Critical Heritage
1
The Design of the Poem
29
The Historical Context
67
Langlands Theology
87
Allegorical Visions
117
Satire
135
Medieval Sermons
155
The Text
175
Dialect and Grammar
201
Alliterative Style
223
The Legacy of Piers Plowman
251
Index
267
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Om forfatteren (1988)

John A. Alford is Professor of English, Michigan State University.

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