The Cambridge Companion to Piers Plowman - Brossura

Cole, Andrew

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1107401585 ISBN 13: 9781107401587

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

Piers Plowman has long been considered one of the greatest poems of medieval England. Current scholarship on this alliterative masterpiece looks very different from that available even a decade ago. New information about the manuscripts of the poem, new historical discoveries, and new investigations of its literary, cultural and theoretical scope have fundamentally altered the very meaning of Langland's art. This Companion thus critically surveys traditional scholarship, with the aim of recuperating its best insights, and it ventures forth into newer areas of inquiry attuned to questions of social setting, institutional context, intellectual and literary history, theory, and the revitalized fields of codicology and paleography. By proceeding through chapters that offer cumulatively wider views as well as stand-alone analyses of topics most crucial to understanding Piers Plowman, this Companion gives serious students and seasoned scholars alike up-to-date knowledge of this intricate and beautiful poem.

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Recensione:

'This collection distils expansive critical inquiry on an equally expansive medieval text into twelve readable essays, providing a definitive snapshot of a developing field of study. Beginning and advanced students will turn to this guide to Langland's poem for many years to come.' Eric Weiskott, Speculum

'The Cambridge Companion to Piers Plowman is an excellent and necessary collection of essays by top-notch scholars. ... The collection ... [offers] new readers a solid introduction to this most difficult of medieval poems and more seasoned scholars an overview of where we are now, with tantalizing signposts suggesting where new work might lead us.' Jennifer Sisk, Journal of English and Germanic Philology

Descrizione del libro:

An essential companion to the complex and fascinating medieval poem Piers Plowman, consolidating the most enduring research with a provocative range of new directions for studying it. Lucid chapters by leading experts provide the most exciting vistas of studying Piers Plowman in the twenty-first century.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107401585
• ISBN 13: 9781107401587
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 290