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Helen Barr, ed.
The Piers Plowman Tradition:
A Critical Edition of Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, Richard the Redeless, Mum and the Sothsegger, and The Crowned King.
London: J. M. Dent, 1993.
Everyman's Library series.
ISBN 0460870505;
ISBN-13: 9780460870504.
Paperback, perfect bound.
127x196x20mm.
375pp.
Modernised Middle English text with English apparatus.
Generally good condition: some wear to the covers, pages somewhat yellowed; the spine is slightly faded and a little chipped, but not creased from reading.This item £8.00
259g.
Pierce the Ploughman's Crede is a radical pro-Wycliffite polemic against the friars, while Richard the Redeless criticises Richard II's errors before his deposition, and recommends a more desirable course to Henry IV. Mum and the Sothsegger, a sequel to Richard, complains of corruption in the Church and social hierarchy, and the dangers faced by would-be reformers, and The Crowned King exposes the sober issues behind Henry V's much-trumpeted military campaign against France.
The original Middle English texts are presented here with some modernised spelling, marginal glosses, and an extensive commentary. The Piers Plowman Tradition gives new insight into these fascinating but neglected poems, which were a vigorous forum for political debate.
Related pages on this site: | alliterative poetry | Piers Plowman |
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