The Resource Public Piers Plowman : modern scholarship and late medieval English culture, C. David Benson
Public Piers Plowman : modern scholarship and late medieval English culture, C. David Benson
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The item Public Piers Plowman : modern scholarship and late medieval English culture, C. David Benson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "Public Piers Plowman is divided into two parts. The first is an extended essay on what Benson calls the "Langland myth." He traces the evolution of Piers scholarship and demonstrates the limitations of treating Piers as a direct expression of the poet's experience and intellectual views." "In the second part Benson offers an alternative history for the poem. Benson approaches it from a broader public context, using representative examples from vernacular writing, parish art, and civic practices. He argues that Piers reached a wide contemporary audience because, far from being an account only of the author's own life and opinions, it was securely rooted in the common culture of its time and place."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 283 p.
- Contents
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- Contents: The history of the Langland myth
- Beyond the myth of the poem : is there a test in these manuscripts?
- Beyond the myth of the poet : looking for Langland in all the wrong places
- Public writing : Mandeville's travels and the book of Margery Kempe
- Public art : parish wall paintings
- Public life : London civic practices
- Isbn
- 9780271023151
- Label
- Public Piers Plowman : modern scholarship and late medieval English culture
- Title
- Public Piers Plowman
- Title remainder
- modern scholarship and late medieval English culture
- Statement of responsibility
- C. David Benson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Public Piers Plowman is divided into two parts. The first is an extended essay on what Benson calls the "Langland myth." He traces the evolution of Piers scholarship and demonstrates the limitations of treating Piers as a direct expression of the poet's experience and intellectual views." "In the second part Benson offers an alternative history for the poem. Benson approaches it from a broader public context, using representative examples from vernacular writing, parish art, and civic practices. He argues that Piers reached a wide contemporary audience because, far from being an account only of the author's own life and opinions, it was securely rooted in the common culture of its time and place."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Benson, C. David
- Government publication
- government publication level undetermined
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR2015
- LC item number
- .B4 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Literature and history
- Literature and society
- English literature
- Art and literature
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Label
- Public Piers Plowman : modern scholarship and late medieval English culture, C. David Benson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-270) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents: The history of the Langland myth -- Beyond the myth of the poem : is there a test in these manuscripts? -- Beyond the myth of the poet : looking for Langland in all the wrong places -- Public writing : Mandeville's travels and the book of Margery Kempe -- Public art : parish wall paintings -- Public life : London civic practices
- Control code
- l82003009908
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 283 p.
- Isbn
- 9780271023151
- Lccn
- 2003009908
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Public Piers Plowman : modern scholarship and late medieval English culture, C. David Benson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-270) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents: The history of the Langland myth -- Beyond the myth of the poem : is there a test in these manuscripts? -- Beyond the myth of the poet : looking for Langland in all the wrong places -- Public writing : Mandeville's travels and the book of Margery Kempe -- Public art : parish wall paintings -- Public life : London civic practices
- Control code
- l82003009908
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 283 p.
- Isbn
- 9780271023151
- Lccn
- 2003009908
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- Art and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Literature and society -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Literature and history -- England -- History -- To 1500
- English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
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