William Langland's "Piers Plowman"

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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0812215613
ISBN-13 : 9780812215618
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Download or read book William Langland's "Piers Plowman" written by William Langland and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A gifted poet has given us an astute, adroit, vigorous, inviting, eminently readable translation. . . . The challenging gamut of Langland's language . . . has here been rendered with blessed energy and precision. Economou has indeed Done-Best."—Allen Mandelbaum


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