Editing Piers Plowman : the evolution of the text

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The work Editing Piers Plowman : the evolution of the text represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Editing Piers Plowman : the evolution of the text

Title remainder

the evolution of the text

Statement of responsibility

Charlotte Brewer

Creator

• Brewer, Charlotte, 1956-
• Brewer, Charlotte, 1956-

Subject

• Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
• Langland, William, 1330?-1400? -- Criticism, Textual
• Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- Criticism, Textual
• Manuscripts, Medieval -- England -- Editing
• Manuscripts, English (Middle) -- Editing
• Langland, William, 1330?-1400 -- Manuscripts

Language

eng

Summary

The fifty-plus extant manuscripts of Piers Plowman have always posed a puzzle to editors and readers. 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. Brewer places the work of W.W. Skeat at the centre of Piers Plowman editing, showing how he towered above his predecessors and determined the path subsequently taken by editors of the poem, and presents much new biographical information about this extraordinary man. She uses a wide range of published and unpublished material to explain the difficulties of editing the poem and to shed light on attempts to crack one of the major editorial conundrums in medieval studies

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PR2017.T48

LC item number

B74 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge studies in medieval literature

Series volume

28