Piers Plowman: A Modern Verse Translation - Brossura

Langland, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0786495030 ISBN 13: 9780786495030

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2014

Riassunto

"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"--

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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.

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• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0786495030
• ISBN 13: 9780786495030
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 262