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William Langland's allegorical poem Piers Plowman is becoming
ever-more popular in medieval English literature courses. But most
current introductions focus primarily on the B text, leaving a gap
in available resources for the poem's study. As Piers Plowman
continues to gain academic attention in all its three versions (the
A, B, and C-texts), teachers and students need a new perspective
and new approach to the poem as an evolving whole. This first
comprehensive introduction to Langland's masterful work covers all
three iterations and outlines the various changes that occurred
between each. Useful for individuals reading any version of Piers
Plowman, this engaging guide offers a much-needed navigational
summary, a chronology of historic events relevant to the poem,
biographical notes about Langland, and keys to characters and
proper pronunciation. Calabrese's definitive and refreshingly
lively volume allows readers to navigate this daunting poem and to
contextualize it within the literary history of Western culture.
William Langland's allegorical poem Piers Plowman has found new
critical and pedagogic life in the twenty-first century. Engaging
with culture, religion, community, work, and the histories of
government and popular revolt, the poem exists in three versions:
the earliest, short A text (c. 1367-70), the much longer B text (c.
1377-79), and the later revision, the C text (c. 1382-87). Studies
have frequently focused on the B text, leaving a gap in available
resources for students of the poem. This is the first comprehensive
introduction to Langland's masterful work that covers all three
iterations, outlining the various changes that occurred between
each. It thoroughly explores the versions in parallel study and
offers new perspectives and approaches to the poem as an evolving
whole. Useful for individuals reading any version of Piers Plowman,
this engaging guide offers a much-needed navigational summary, a
chronology of historic events relevant to the poem, biographical
information about Langland and his work in context with his
contemporaries, and keys to characters and to proper pronunciation.
Michael Calabrese's definitive and refreshingly lively volume
allows readers to navigate the three versions of this daunting poem
and to contextualize it within the literary history of Western
culture. A volume in the series New Perspectives on Medieval
Literature: Authors and Traditions, edited by R. Barton Palmer and
Tison Pugh
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