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Langland's Fictions (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,324
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Langland's Fictions (Hardcover): J. A. Burrow

Langland's Fictions (Hardcover)

J. A. Burrow

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Langland's Piers Plowman is a profoundly Christian poem which nevertheless has enjoyed a wide general appeal. Readers - both religious and non-religious - have been drawn by the power of Langland's fictive imagination, the rich variety of imaginary worlds in his great dream-poem. Langland's Fictions examines the construction of the ten dreams which make up the B Text of Pears Plowman, and explores the relation of these dream-fictions to those realities with which the poet was chiefly preoccupied. This relationship is discussed under three main headings: 'fictions of the divided mind', in which the poet's mixed feelings about matters such as the value of learning find expression in imagined scenes and actions; 'fictions of history', in which the main events of salvation history are relived in the parallel worlds of dream; and 'fictions of the self', in which Langland's doubtful sense of his own moral standing as a man and a poet apparently finds expression. This chapter also addresses the controversial question of 'autobiographical elements' in the poem. John Burrow's lively and considered study is a major contribution to our understanding of one of medieval literature's most enduring works.

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Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 1993
Authors: J. A. Burrow (Winterstoke Professor of English)
Dimensions: 221 x 146 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-811293-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
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LSN: 0-19-811293-9
Barcode: 9780198112938

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