Editing Piers Plowman The Evolution of the Text |
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| Author:
| Brewer, Charlotte |
| Contribution by:
| Minnis, Alastair
Boyde, Patrick
Burrow, John
Copeland, Rita
Deyermond, Alan
Dronke, Peter
Palmer, Nigel
Wetherbee, Winthrop |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02402-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $73.95 |
Book Description:
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The fifty-plus manuscripts of Piers Plowman have always posed a puzzle to scholars. This book is an account of the editions of the poem which have appeared since 1550, when it was first published by the protestant reformer Robert Crowley. It examines the circumstances in which the editions were produced, the lives and intellectual motivations of the editors, and the relationship between one edition and the next. It uses a wide range of published and unpublished material to shed light...
More DescriptionThe fifty-plus manuscripts of Piers Plowman have always posed a puzzle to scholars. This book is an account of the editions of the poem which have appeared since 1550, when it was first published by the protestant reformer Robert Crowley. It examines the circumstances in which the editions were produced, the lives and intellectual motivations of the editors, and the relationship between one edition and the next. It uses a wide range of published and unpublished material to shed light on attempts to crack one of the major editorial conundrums in medieval studies.