Piers Plowman : a modern verse translation

Piers Plowman : a modern verse translation

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William Langland's 14th-century poemPiers Plowman, a disturbing and often humorous commentary on corruption and greed, remains meaningful today. The allegorical 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, alongside Falsehood and Guile, are instantly recognizable as our present-day politicians and celebrities, friends and neighbors. Social issues are confronted, including governance, economic relations, criminal justice, marital relations and the limits of academic learning, as well as religious belief and the natural world. This new verse translation from the Middle English preserves the energy, imagery and intent of the original, and retains its alliterative style
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Name of the Author
Langland
Peter
Sutton
William
Language
English
ISBN
9780786495030
Release date
2014

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Piers Plowman : a modern verse translation

William Langland's 14th-century poemPiers Plowman, a disturbing and often humorous commentary on corruption and greed, remains meaningful today. The allegori...

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