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Piers Plowman : the Donaldson translation, Middle English text, sources and backgrounds, criticism /

By: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?.
Contributor(s): Robertson, Elizabeth Ann, 1951- [editor.] | Shepherd, Stephen H. A [editor.] | Donaldson, E. Talbot (Ethelbert Talbot), 1910-1987 [translator.].
Series: Norton critical edition: Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2006Description: xxviii, 644 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0393975592; 9780393975598:; 9780393975598.Subject(s): Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman -- Criticism, Textual | Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman -- Sources | Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman | Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry | Christian poetry, English (Middle) | Visions -- Poetry | Dreams -- PoetryDDC classification: 821.1
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Reading Middle English -- Reading Langland's alliterative verse -- Notes on the Middle English texts -- Notes on the translation -- Using this edition -- Abbreviations -- The text of Piers Plowman -- Sources and backgrounds -- Criticism.
Summary: E. Talbot Donaldson's translation of William Langland's iconoclastic masterpiece has been selected for this 'Norton Critical Edition' because of its skilful emulation of the original poem's distinct alliterative verse.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-644).

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Reading Middle English -- Reading Langland's alliterative verse -- Notes on the Middle English texts -- Notes on the translation -- Using this edition -- Abbreviations -- The text of Piers Plowman -- Sources and backgrounds -- Criticism.

E. Talbot Donaldson's translation of William Langland's iconoclastic masterpiece has been selected for this 'Norton Critical Edition' because of its skilful emulation of the original poem's distinct alliterative verse.

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