Piers Plowman - A Modern Verse Translation (Paperback)

William Langland's 14th-century poem Piers Plowman is a disturbing and often humorous commentary on corruption and greed that remains meaningful today. The allegorical and satirical work revolves around the narrator's quest to live a good life, and takes the form of a series of dreams in which Piers, the honest plowman, appears in various guises. Characters such as Conscience, Fidelity and Charity tumble out of the text alongside Falsehood and Guile, and are instantly recognizable as our present-day politicians and celebrities, friends and neighbors. Along the way social issues are confronted, including governance, economic relations, criminal justice, public finance, marital relations and the limits of academic learning, as well as religious belief and the natural world. This book is a new verse translation of Piers from Middle English which preserves the energy, imagery and intent of the original, and retains its alliterative style. It derives from a 2012 arts festival presentation performed in the priory where Langland - a contemporary of Chaucer - was probably educated.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	December 2014
Translators:	William Langland • Peter Sutton
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-9503-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-7864-9503-0
Barcode:	9780786495030

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