Reading Piers Plowman |
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Author:
| Steiner, Emily |
Series title: | Reading Writers and Their Work Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-86820-4 |
Publication Date: | May 2013 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $104.00 |
Book Description:
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The great fourteenth-century poem Piers Plowman is one of the most dazzling literary creations of the English Middle Ages. Emily Steiner's book, indispensable to students and scholars, shows readers how to navigate the poem's experimental poetics, as well as its complex ideas about love, salvation and social justice.
The great fourteenth-century poem Piers Plowman is one of the most dazzling literary creations of the English Middle Ages. Emily Steiner's book, indispensable to students and scholars, shows readers how to navigate the poem's experimental poetics, as well as its complex ideas about love, salvation and social justice.